Saying "he's dead", may not be completely appropriate. He's 'dead' in the sense that our trust in him is compromised, because HE is compromised.
Assange's Fake Interview Breakdown:
youtube.com
Technological Proofs of Concept:
Image Metrics:
youtube.com
"Face2Face" Real-time Facial Reenactment:
youtube.com
Assange 'Responds' To Rumors About His Well Being:
>From 1:20 to 3:45 he touches on the proof of life/safety issue, and why cryptographic keys/text aren't viable because he can't guarantee the security of the keys. He'd rather use 'live' video.
From the above videos, and 'live feed delay/CNN feed lost styled drops', how would we be able to 100% trust that? mindfuck.jpeg
>"...more interested rather than proof of life, provide proof not under duress." 3:49-4:08
>"...what we had hoped was that those people concerned with my safety, would direct their attention to those people who are responsible for the situation, that's the U.K., U.S., and Ecuadorian Govt's." 5:17-5:38
>"...when the concern [for Assange's well being] became very prominent, the result was a black PR campaign [later goes on to describe the literal shilling attempts, from previously described Govts] tried to infest the concern and take it off somewhere else, and largely succeeded." 5:55-7:18
>"...if this sort of thing happens in the future, think to yourselves; 'is what is claimed undermining the ability for WikiLeaks to operate...'...if the answer is yes, then you should be extremely skeptical about what the claim is." 7:18-7:52
>"...having seen how concern for us can be manipulated and mislead...we now have a game plan first if this kind of thing happens again. [sic]" 7:58-8:11
youtube.com
D.A."K." = Day Assange "Killed"