defend the indefensible: glenn fucking greenwald

that the intercept hugely fucked up was instantly clear, not sure that the details of how emerged immediately tho: when did cole become a police spokesman? beyond smith saying "i obtained" the piece doesn't tell us when the internal discussion came into NYT hands -- maybe it's belated but has this internal discussion been out in the world previously? if not then it's a story

(unperson's point abt the nyt's self-absorbed attitude to newsworthiness is also on point of course, but it's also just a practical feature in the landscape until that particular hegemony is dismantled)

less abstractly: if yr basic political pitch is radical transparency -- which was a v potent pitch and totally remains a worthwhile aim imo -- then rival outlets with contrasting politics will always be eager to publish stories abt how the process of running yr magazine dedicated to radical transparency will (best version) distort and (worst version) radically betray this aim. as with assange (generous reading), the actors delivering radical transparency have often been endlessly deeply fvcking naive politically, abt who can manipulate who and how (and i don't really mean putin here) (or indeed trump and the GOP). it's a big bad gameable world: if you take on the big dark expert forces in making idealism gameable, scornful individualist libetrarian swagger is really only going to take you so far before they really really get up in yr shit and this is what happened here

also: as an exampe of "let's not but we'll say we did", the snowden file getting shuttered -- the radical privatisation of public information -- is indeed "old news" but it's also news barely covered then or now -- and it only gets the tiniest sideswipe here (bcz both sides have too big an interest in its non-coverage)

(sorry: esposito is now the police spokesman, not cole)

Another of its highest-profile hires, the former Topic.com editor Anna Holmes, who left in 2019, told me: “I’ve always admired First Look Media’s stated commitment to free speech, transparency and speaking truth to power. So in that spirit I’ll say this: My tenure there was creatively rewarding — it was also personally and professionally demoralizing.”

daaaamn

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EisIu4ZX0AQpiig?format=jpg&name=small

*hits poppers*

*galaxy brain throbs*

*mounts a Nazi*

What the fuck is it with this guy at this point

Glenn Greenwald's savage takedown of @ggreenwald. pic.twitter.com/SvXOR4OUY5

— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) October 12, 2020

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10224279063303168&set=gm.3462351267177280

whatever that link is ain't working on my end

greenwald claiming in the replies of that tweet that it was actually "satire"... okay, buddy.

I was more talking about Greenwald's anti-anti-anti-Bidenist tweet insisting that no actually we SHOULD be grilling Joe B. on his sinister court-packing scheme, why is the press going so easy on him

But that one was bad too

is that one a joke too

glenn greenwald: comedian

but doctor -- i am glenn greenwald

the tweets of a clown

I was more talking about Greenwald's anti-anti-anti-Bidenist tweet insisting that no actually we SHOULD be grilling Joe B. on his sinister court-packing scheme, why is the press going so easy on him

him and fellow comedy genius scott adams should drop a collab, maybe he could co-write some new dilford comics or something

Blind pig, acorn...

If it’s really true that the US Marshals purposely avoided arresting this US citizen on US soil, and chose to shoot and kill him instead without provocation, then everyone involved and responsible should be prosecuted. https://t.co/VYMrBDFN1K

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 15, 2020

I'm proud he resigned with his characteristic accountability, lack of self-pity, and insistence on the high road.

My Resignation From The Intercept

The same trends of repression, censorship and ideological homogeneity plaguing the national press generally have engulfed the media outlet I co-founded, culminating in censorship of my own articles.https://t.co/dZrlYGfEBf

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 29, 2020

I am EXTREMELY annoyed that isn't "My Resignation from the Internet."

"My Resignation from not having a lucrative Substack Newsletter"

let my man cook

The censored article, based on recently revealed emails and witness testimony, raised critical questions about Biden’s conduct.

Oh boy, cant wait

Imagine the Hunter Biden story is the hill you choose to die on.

They should have let him publish his crybaby article and responded with a rebuttal article consisting of: "Even if this were true, no one cares, Glenn."

lol this guy

zing

Intercept EIC Betsy Reed sent me this statement regarding the departure of @ggreenwald, saying there's a "fundamental disagreement over the role of editors in the production of journalism and the nature of censorship." pic.twitter.com/Od2TTKLsyq

— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) October 29, 2020

cot damn

Savage and well deserved.

I could see him just going full Fox News, as in with his own show there, by the end of the year.

hear me out, a podcast where glenn greenwald & mollie hemingway scream a list of enemies at each other for 90 straight minutes

— kilgore trout, tucker carlson’s mailman (@KT_So_It_Goes) October 29, 2020

Lee Fang is 100% team-Greenwald which seems weird, but Lee has had a pretty rough year so I'm not sure where his head his at.

Saw something like this coming as soon as the Intercept started publishing pieces that occasionally criticized Republicans rather than exclusively Democrats. Glenn must have hated that

What's new in Lee Fang world? He blocked me a couple years ago, so I honestly have no idea.

RIP Morbs

"where he will face no collaboration with editors" is a great line

Anyone trying to reach me: my previous email has been terminated.

You can use GlennGreenw✧✧✧@gm✧✧✧.c✧✧

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 29, 2020

please send me all your secret leaks to my google mail

sent him an email

Jiggles Handle <jiggleshan✧✧✧@gm✧✧✧.c✧✧>
5:21 PM (0 minutes ago)
to GlennGreenwald

britney can i get your sister email why because she look intersting

lol

looooqol

Marcy Wheeler tears Greenwald's story (which he's now posted online, because of course he fucking has) into thin strips and beats him with them...

A long Twitter thread starts here. She picks out four false statements in the story's first paragraph, and keeps going.

Great news: Glenn's going to hack himself!

This is not going to work out like he wants, I'm pretty sure. pic.twitter.com/MtTYehW89T

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) October 29, 2020

does he still have a fanbase?

I could see him just going full Fox News, as in with his own show there, by the end of the year

He's going to team up with Taibbi.

Oh, and just FTR:

Months before the NY Post story, a document passed around far-right websites detailed a vast Hunter Biden conspiracy.

The document's creator, Martin Aspen, claimed to be a Swiss intel professional.

But Aspen's face was created by AI. He doesn't exist.https://t.co/oA4aKTjkUp pic.twitter.com/U1MNqh8WmW

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) October 29, 2020

List of questions @ggreenwald sent the Biden campaign. pic.twitter.com/civKyypfXk

— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) October 29, 2020

expect it of sullivan and weiss, but i feel like a guy with a law degree should maybe understand that a 'refusal to print absolutely everything i write' does not equal 'censorship'