I ask, because your analysis is pretty sub-par. I don't hate Glen Greenwald to start with, and as such, this post borders on the nonsensical. Really. Try to step outside the Greenwald hatred and see if you can spot it. You're making this claim that Glen Greenwald thinks this movie glorifies torture, but that he actually has no idea whether or not it does, and as a result, he's a foolish person for having penned the article. First, he quotes Frank Bruni, who clearly has seen the movie. I trust Bruni's word, so does Greenwald. You don't, for whatever obscure and antisocial reason--whatever gets you through the night, I guess. Next, Greenwald backs up his assertions with the utterances of David Eddelstein and Dexter Filkins. Let me end the suspense for you: the movie glorifies torture. Are we clear on that? Do you believe that the US landed on the moon in 1969? Were you there, on the moon? By your own standard, you're foolish if you believe that we landed on the moon, since you don't have primary knowledge of the event yourself. Next, and as the other poster stated, Greenwald clearly says he's not reviewing the movie; rather, he's talking about the reactions to the movie, including some of the reviews. Just because you have a great desire to ignore that point doesn't actually give you license to do so. Finally, I do want to point out to you that your attempted smearing of Greenwald with the Breitbart brush isn't nearly as smooth as you appear to think it is. As I mentioned earlier, your post borders on the incoherent, and nowhere is this more evident than when you attempt to draw this parallel between the two. The attempt is obvious, wooden, and completely unsurprising. If your purpose was to write a persuasive missive, I believe I'd give you a C, but permit you to completely re-work the basic premise for a little extra credit.
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