Glenn Greenwald Thinks Criticizing Rachel Maddow Got Him Banned from MSNBC

[JHan]

53. Except Rachel has talked about Corruption - Russiagate is a massive story about corruption

She's also talked about Scott Pruitt and other corruption under this administration.

I agree with you that there hasn't been enough talk about Voter Suppression ( neither Gerrymandering) but Donald Trump being part of a nexus of international oligarchs who launder money and do Putin's bidding - like undermining Western Democracies - would interest Glenn if he didn't have a dog in the fight. This administration's capitulation to Putin's aims through its disregard for allies and trade partners are things to talk about - both have real, dire consequences.

And when has discussion of beneficial policies been a driving force of Cable News Ratings? 2016 was a year where policy talk was steadfastly ignored.

What Russiagate has done is expose Greenwald for the massive hypocrite he's always been. On top of his shifting goalposts about Russiagate, his defense of Don Jr over emails which showed an enthusiasm on the part of the Trump campaign to get "dirt" on Clinton was hilarious since he happily purveyed and helped weaponize uncurated leaked emails during the election.

He's hot under the collar about Democrats not focusing on real issues when every Democrat running in midterms has talked about "real issues". Throughout 2016 he himself didn't much care about issues with his sensationalist terrible takes. He tried to justify his obsession with Hillary by claiming it was his journalistic duty to hold the powerful accountable, but now holding Trump accountable is some liberal deep state attempt to undo a Trump Presidency.

Greenwald's quandary is he can't sell himself as some freedom fighter while also being an Oligarch's useful idiot. And that's on him.