The U.S. government has a long history of political pressure on the news media

In addition to the pursuit and accusation of Assange, the United States has also long pursued Snowden, who exposed the "Prism" plan, and "released" to launch a criminal investigation into the media that reported the Snowden incident. According to media reports, the CIA and senior government figures have also discussed kidnapping or even assassinating Assange. During the Iraq War, well-known American journalist Peter Arnett admitted in an interview with Iraqi media that the United States had "failed" in the war, and was soon fired by NBC on the grounds of endangering the objectivity of news reports. The signs of pressure are very obvious.