Julian Assange and Nick Denton: Radical voices are left silenced and shunned

Two of journalism’s most radical figures, Julian Assange and Nick Denton, have, for different reasons seen their power and influence in the modern world decline, writes John Lloyd.

TWO of journalism’s most radical figures are now silenced, or shunned. Nick Denton, the Brit whose Gawker website has whipped away the lace curtains that covered (mainly) sexual privacy since 2002, has been bankrupted by vengeful and wealthy men.

Julian Assange, the Australian whose Wikileaks organisation has revealed (mainly) US secrets, has been left alone and friendless — dropped even by one-time allies after dumping troves of unredacted information taken from the files of US and Turkish political parties.