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WikiLeaks Unveils MasterCard Spoof Commercial

There has been no shortage of controversy surrounding Julian Assange and his globe-trotting, internal memo releasing machine WikiLeaks. Assange has been under house arrest in Great Britain since December when, as Mashable notes, Sweden “issued an extradition request on accusations of sexual misconduct.”

The video spoof, entitled “What Does it Cost to Change the World?” while comical, claims that the organization is spending $500,000 on the house arrest and $1 million in legal fees.

Below, watch the clip, which takes a classical MasterCard advertisement and transforms it into a video defense of Assange (who appears in it) and his organization:

(h/t Mashable)

Comments (50)

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  • MontanaRob
    Posted on July 2, 2011 at 9:45am

    As much as it often pains me, I too find it enlightening what Wikileaks exposes. The corruption throughout our culture, government, corporate, and personal is the root of all of our problems. Exposure of such allows us the oppotunity to fix it.

    We ALL might find that both the young and the older of us have more in common than we would like to admit. The truly raging leftists are for the most part lost causes as well as the more racist and backward on the right. I am a conservative but what most who are Beck fans look for is truth and honesty. There are those on the left side of the middle who are looking for the same, they express it differently. Since we have somewhat different viewpoints, our targets tend to be of the opposing side. Both sides need to clean house and I feel that is exactly where Glenn has been leading us to.

    I look forward to seeing more of the same from the left, such as the recent harassment of U2. They may sympathize with the left, but not paying taxes is incredibly hypocritical and they need to be called on it. I have criticized them in the past, but when it comes from the left it actually might get through. If more conservatives would speak out against corporate welfare and tax breaks, that too would have more impact and we might actually make some headway towards fixing things.

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  • HanginOn
    Posted on July 2, 2011 at 9:44am

    Just by looking at this little worm you can tell two things:
    1. He is a smug narcissist.
    2. He smells bad.

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  • BehindBlueEyes
    Posted on July 2, 2011 at 7:48am

    Off topic

    Its one thing to have software problems but when you don‘t attempt to tell the users what’s going on that’s not good.

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  • BehindBlueEyes
    Posted on July 2, 2011 at 7:45am

    Some day this perverted useful idiot will get what’s coming to him. What goes around comes around.

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  • 101
    Posted on July 2, 2011 at 5:01am

    The Hawk sorry my bad… just realized you were replying to “ohyaok”- on his stupid comment

    See the problems this causes not being able to reply to someone’s comment!

    Whatever happened to simplicity…(turn on reply) & end the confusion!

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  • 101
    Posted on July 2, 2011 at 2:34am

    Hawk you lost everyone on that last comment.

    GBTV is the now…I support Glenn 110% and if you don’t already have GBTV what are you complaining about (that’s a rhetorical question)!

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  • Captain Crunch
    Posted on July 2, 2011 at 1:09am

    I’d rather have the secrets revealed than the government continuing to lie to me. Unless of course you LIKE being lied to. I rather enjoy watching the government squirm in discomfort when their lies are exposed. Julian Assange for President 2012. And don‘t tell me he’s not an American citizen as that doesn’t matter anymore.

    For all of you bit**ing about the site….it‘s obvious there’s a problem which the blaze is surely aware of. And since they are aware of it, they are working on it. Stop the childish whining and threatening. Makes you sound like a spoiled brat. The Blaze doesn‘t owe you anything since your money isn’t on the line. Maybe try checking out one of the advertisers here instead of moaning about the problems.
    They will have it fixed in a day or so.

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  • the hawk
    Posted on July 2, 2011 at 12:57am

    Fix the site or i’m leaving and not ordering gbtv !–
    sound the trumpet ———-your stupid!

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    • riseandshine
      Posted on July 2, 2011 at 2:45am

      @the hawk….this site sucked before the change…The truth has no agenda….lol

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    • riseandshine
      Posted on July 2, 2011 at 3:09am

      I have to amend my comment from above…I do appreciate the ability to speak out at this site now and then, and I thank the owners for that….It‘s too bad Glenn can’t go in certain directions…..Truth is good, Glenn. I stand with the United States of America….and all that is good…later.

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  • slvrserfr
    Posted on July 2, 2011 at 12:48am

    Whether you agree with the ideology of Wikileaks or not, you’ve got to admit that it has a powerful statement. The organization reinforces just how much people are lied to by governments and corporations on a regular basis and how people are being used as pawns, slaves and fools to believe in a giant lie that has become too unsustainable to deal with and has its influence has collectively spread throughout the world. This site is all about exposing the truth and keeping leaders in power honest and on their toes because if they feel that they can get away with these lies without any accountability, they’ll continue to abuse it and foot taxpayers the bill for the recklessness of their actions for their own personal gain.

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  • Sound The Trumpet In Zion
    Posted on July 2, 2011 at 12:46am

    May I ask all of you, who is shelling out the money for this site and making it free to join? I too disagree with some of the changes but I will disagree with anyone that tries to decide how this site done unless they have money invested in it? If you do go for trying to change it, if you don‘t then it just makes y’all sound like a liberal wacko that has decided that just because it is owned and ran by someone else that that can‘t be allowed so that y’all expect someone to pay for the site and run it but only under your directions and control. Yep, that sounds like liberalism to me.

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  • ohyaok
    Posted on July 2, 2011 at 12:22am

    Fix the site or we go away.

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  • bedspirit
    Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:56pm

    I agree with all that this message board is junk, but I happen to like wikileaks. I prefer to know how corrupt my government is and I don’t buy all that national security nonsense. Did you see that the Obama administration forced Haiti to keep it‘s minimum wage low because Levi’s and Hanes would lose money? Why does Obama fight on behalf of big business, but not do anything for the middle class? Don’t buy into that socialist stuff, Obama is 100% corporate owned.

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  • Ghandi was a Republican
    Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:41pm

    Get rid of this Huf-po castoff you call editor blaze! Times up!

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  • Jennine
    Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:07pm

    What the heck. Seriously, Blaze. You can do better than this. My message even posted before I finished writing it. This message board is junk. And if I want to watch commercials, I’ll do it the old fashioned way and watch some dumb talking head on regular TV.

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  • Jennine
    Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:02pm

    I agree. Strange and un-wonderful things are happening to this site. Besides the above mentioned issues, could you possible REMOVE THE VIDEO COMMERCIALS?

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    • Jennine
      Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:05pm

      … as I was saying before this site went berserk and posted before I was finished… could you possibly remove the video commercials?! They’re annoying. I understand banner ads, but if I want to watch a commercial, I’ll go back to the old archaic way of getting my news. You know, regular TV.

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  • 101
    Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:51pm

    The Blaze: “A Militant Gadhafi Threatens to Target European ‘Homes, Offices, Families”….. he said she said with no facts or video to substantiate the claim!
    _________________________________________________
    The Blaze: “Basketball Star Lebron James Dunks Over Little Kid, Sends Him Flying to the Ground, Labron stare the boy down afterwards like he was ready to throw down”…..flat out lie, video proved Lebron was a straight up guy & never stared down the boy!
    _________________________________________________
    The Blaze: “National Enquirer Releases Alleged Video of Cheating ‘To Catch a Predator’ Host Chris Hansen”…..40 second video of a “picture” that showed nothing, Way to follow The National Inquirer best news source since toilet paper!
    _________________________________________________
    The Blaze: No longer lets anybody REPLY to a COMMENT, way to suppress ones voice!
    Censorship has gone way to far “deleting or not posting comments”

    What is going on w/The Blaze?

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    • frodis
      Posted on July 2, 2011 at 2:05pm

      Can’t reply? Glenn you better get your act together.

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  • thomas24
    Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:46pm

    I’m tired of this fool.

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  • Shasta
    Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:44pm

    Put things back Blaze, this is not working. Glenn, if the Net is your new and total media channel, this stuff has got to get more professional. I wish you the best

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  • hifi74
    Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:16pm

    I want my old Blaze back, this new set up is just not working guys.

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  • ZAP
    Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:04pm

    The truth shall set you free

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  • 101
    Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:03pm

    Hawk I agree 100% somebody really screwed this site up “HuffPo mentality”

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  • arx
    Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:52pm

    How does this organization find the time or resources for this? They should all be in prison.

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  • the hawk
    Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:52pm

    Some times this site just does’nt work ! it’s not my comp either my post went straight up on Yahoo news !

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    • the hawk
      Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:55pm

      I seen where 1 person requested the Yahoo system and they chage it! FOLLOWERS ! ! !

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  • nomercy63
    Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:51pm

    ????? Don’t care!!! You steal people’s national secrets and embarrass very powerful people,what do you expect to happen?

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    • spirited
      Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:12pm

      Does Master Card mind that Julian/Wiki stole the commercial?

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  • cactusjoe
    Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:51pm

    Who cares?? Is this a news blog or gossip column

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    • Jimbo Wales
      Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:31pm

      seconded 100%

      Why is this even noteworthy?

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    • fastfacts
      Posted on July 2, 2011 at 1:09am

      POOR BABIES, THEY WERE DOING SOMETHING UNETHICAL…

      When a company sees someone doing something unethical they are obligated to the shareholders to get rid of those people and stop their services. What is wrong with that? Wikileaks got a taste of their own medicine and are whining about it. Sorry boys, it doesn’t fly in the US. We will have to wait and see if it work in other countries.

      It‘s just like Obama supposing that America is stupid that we wouldn’t see through his rhetoric, pointing fingers, and class warefare of his last press conference. As Halperin said, Obama was a d**k: http://tiny.cc/tlbiv

      Thanks to the NRSC, America will see Obama and his rhetoric for what it is, lies: http://tiny.cc/alxgg

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