Clear Choice for Hypocrite of the Year 2010

The following was the rationale behind the selection of Julian Assange to the Hypocrite of the Year 2010.

Without any judgment as to his being the hero of the decade as liberator of terrible government secrets or a simple goat with a goatee agenda, his complaints are the definition of hypocrisy.

You see,

“the next sound you hear will be the world’s tiniest violin playing for Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks founder’s Swedish lawyer has announced that he will lodge a formal complaint because—wait for it—it’s not fair that police documents surrounding Assange’s case were leaked to the media. “It puts Julian and his defense in a bad position,” he told a colleague, according to the Australian.

“I do not like the idea that Julian may be forced into a trial in the media,” he continues. “I do not know who has given these documents to the media, but the purpose can only be one thing — trying to make Julian look bad.”

Other supporters complained that the Guardian, which has published many of Assange’s WikiLeaks reveals, should treat its top source better. But a spokesman for the paper said that was an argument that “all journalists would find ridiculous.”