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In reply to the discussion: So Its Now Pretty Obvious Snowden Gave the Names of US and British Agents to China and Russia [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Greenwald is a journalist. Probably a much better educated and prepared journalist than about 98% of American journalists. The readers on Fox News consider themselves to be journalists and indeed are technically speaking journalists. But Greenwald fits the definition of journalist far better than they do.
Definition of JOURNALIST
1 a : a person engaged in journalism; especially : a writer or editor for a news medium
b : a writer who aims at a mass audience
2 : a person who keeps a journal
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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/journalist
and Press:
noun
1a device for applying pressure to something in order to flatten or shape it or to extract juice or oil:a flower press a wine press
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2a printing press.
[often in names] a business that prints or publishes books:the Clarendon Press
3 (the press) [treated as singular or plural] newspapers or journalists viewed collectively:the incident was not reported in the press [as modifier]:press coverage of the trial
[mass noun] coverage in newspapers and magazines:theres no point in demonstrating if you dont get any press [in singular]:the government has had a bad press for years
4an act of pressing something:the system summons medical help at the press of a button these clothes could do with a press
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http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/press