Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, is trying to take his web-based provocations to the TV screen. Wikileaks announced Assange will host a television series featuring interviews with "key political players, thinkers and revolutionaries from around the world."
Wikileaks, which has published a vast amount of classified data including video and secret government documents, promises to "draw together controversial voices from across the political spectrum."
"Through this series I will explore the possibilities for our future in conversations with those who are shaping it. Are we heading towards utopia, or dystopia and how we can set our paths?" .
The release didn't specify what networks will carry Assange's show, but it promised that it would be on-air by mid-March.
, an expert on celebrity culture at England's Staffordshire University, who wasn't too keen on endorsing Assange's TV skills.
"Assange has got a good, deep voice and agreeable Aussie accent, but he's a slow, deliberate talker and not especially televisual," Cashmore told the AP. "To be true to his image, he would have to make his proposed show subversive; and that might not appeal to many would-be guests."
The Guardian has started a list of politicians and celebrities . Among them: Tony Blair, Hillary Clinton and Rupert Murdoch.
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