It could be have been worse...
Right now, the BBC news page has the link to the Assange story just above this other story. So, the BBC quite rightly thinks the Assange story is less important that the predicament that this chap is in...
"Man has 'world's worst' super-gonorrhoea"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43571120
"Julian Assange has internet cut at Ecuadorian embassy in London"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43573694