Discussion for article #223096
Who is this Glenn Greenwald guy, and why am I supposed to care?
What has he done? Why is his opinion important?
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[Kinsley] argued that journalists shouldnât publish information that the government wishes to remain a secret.
Really? He seriously argued this? Is he in his right mind?
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The self serving Greenwald. It wasnât hard to anticipate his position either.
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Waaah, they didnât assign a friendly reviewer!
He wonât let his work be edited. He considers it out of bounds if his writing is reviewed by someone with the wrong beliefs.
Gimme a break.
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Over his (career) Glen Gadfly (all wallets are green) as a victim, as a saint (and former champion of Bush) now excoriating the âmanâ (packing sausage made from an illegal data breach) has as his newest foil a twit joust with Kinsley.
The episode belies that both depend on media for sustenance.
Hardly journalism, the new white meat.
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Personally, I donât want Greenwald deciding what should be secret or not either. In that respect, Kinsley has a very good point.
There is too much secrecy in government, but this is the worst way to make it better.
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Oh,nnd who absent these folks has made any difference whatsoever, let alone done a better job?
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Glenâs attempted readjustment of right and wrong and whatâs acceptable and what isnât, directly benefits himself and thatâs why he does it.
There were other very sensitive documents stolen and who knows what was done with them, right?
Greenwald only talks NSA and his POV, which again is also his justification. That is incomplete and he will always be suspect because of it. Thatâs a fact that Iâm sure that he is very aware of and also why he plays the always circle around to Glenâs way of thinking game. He has mastered the art of controlling the framing and not straying from his talking points. That isnât Libertarian, Conservative or Democratic, itâs diplomatic and old school political training 101.
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Whoa! Greenwald flamed someone who took issue with him and his actions? Didnât see that coming. Totally out of character for him.
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He broke the Snowden story and received a Pulitzer for it. Then again you probably know that.
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You beat me by two minutes.
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I believe all decisions on whether or not to publish details on the NSAâs foreign intelligence gathering capabilities should be decided between Glenn Greenwald and Julian Assange on twitter.
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Kinsley has always seemed more a star-struck power-elite groupie than journalist to me. Itâs not surprising heâd be insinuating himself into the âin crowdâ of beltway punditocracy by taking shots at the quintessential outsider with kooties.
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This string of anti-Greenwald comments smells like an astroturf campaign. NSAâs âvery sensitive stolen documentsâ-cloak and ad hominem attacks now clearly serves to hide NSAâs rogue unconstitutional behavior.
Iâll support whistle-blowers and independent journalists, myself. Go Greenwald!
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technically he didnât win the Pulitzer. The Guardian did.
That being said, once the initial story was written, Greenwald made sure he became the story, not the governmentâs actions. He seems to be particularly thin skinned for someone what spends his time pointing out the foibles and problems posed by others. Heâs a classic âcan give it but canât take itâ kind of guy.
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Mike Kinsley â another victim of Pulitzer Envy
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Whether one likes Greenwald or not is not the issue. The problem is this trend in so-called journalists (sorry but David Gregory is the farthest thing from a journalist) like Michael Kinsley and others to kow tow to the government while atracking others who ARE doing their job. Real journalists do not worry about upsetting the status quo. Kinsley seems more worried about his status in Washington than he does the publicâs right to know. If Kinsley was Daniel Ellsberg, we never would have seen The Pentagon Papers. If he was Bernstein or Woodward, we would not know about Watergate. And some of you here going after Greeenwald? You are as clueless as KinsleyâŚ
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Itâs almost like heâs stoking the negative feedback for some other mysterious reason?
Fame and fortune shouldnât be considered because he did everything for us.
Criminality shouldnât be discussed, because he says so.
There is only one issue at hand and Glen will beat down and eviscerate anyone that strays from what he says that issue is.
In the meantime, look who keeps accidentally popping up in the news. This could be seen coming from as far away as Brazil. In fact, it gives the term âBrazilian wax jobâ a whole new meaning : )
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mymymy⌠whoever would have thought that kinsley had so many fanboyz and girlz eager to defend his indefensible position on jailing journalists.
if only greenwald was more deferential to unchecked power ⌠but heâs sooooo rude!
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