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Hutzpa

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33. Whether he said that or not

Wed Oct 16, 2013, 04:04 PM

Oct 2013

which is pointless, these guys are not your (and I mean Bezos and Omidyar) are not your
average ghetto superstar owner that made their money through nefarious means. They
understand the market they're entering into better than anyone, so I applaud them
for taking this step.

The only people that will not like this are those that prefer to keep things the way they are, the
ones that prefers authoritarian rules over actual freedom of speech.

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Pierre Omidyar Ready To Spend $250 Million On Glenn Greenwald's News Startup [View all] xiamiam Oct 2013 OP

I'm not a GG fan mimi85 Oct 2013 #1

it is a signal that honest investigative journalism will survive xiamiam Oct 2013 #3

Absolutely Hutzpa Oct 2013 #8

Omidyar has said straight up this will be a "general" news site, Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #11

Whether he said that or not Hutzpa Oct 2013 #33

"ghetto superstar"? ugh... Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #35

I hope he doesn't use Huffpo as a model Hutzpa Oct 2013 #41

And GG's scam continues. tridim Oct 2013 #2

$250 million down a rat hole. FSogol Oct 2013 #9

It's not a scam, just a partnership that benefits both parties Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #26

What's the difference between a teabagger and a Greenwald hater? last1standing Oct 2013 #4

What's the difference between Greenwald and a Libertarian? randome Oct 2013 #7

One is a human being and the other is an ideology. last1standing Oct 2013 #10

Perhaps Mr. Greenwald can explain it to you: Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #44

"...They're just mindless slurs used to try to discredit one's political adversaries..." Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #46

And worse!? The horror! What could possibly be worse? Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #49

The point of it is as a *journalist*, he's not even supposed to Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #50

Late to this party mimi85 Oct 2013 #51

Love it Hutzpa Oct 2013 #5

What is their business plan? Ad revenues? Subscription to premium Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #6

It is going to be a platform for Libertarian and anti-Democratic party screeds. stevenleser Oct 2013 #12

Go tell that on Fox News. Maybe they'll bite there. leveymg Oct 2013 #14

Nope, I will mention it on my show though. Thanks for the idea. nt stevenleser Oct 2013 #16

Would love to hear how that goes Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #24

So far, it seems like a trainwreck. stevenleser Oct 2013 #36

your show? lol..couldn't figure another way to slip that in? xiamiam Oct 2013 #47

Thanks for mentioning it again! nt stevenleser Oct 2013 #48

This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Oct 2013 #40

Yep. Omidyar is sooooo anti-Democratic that Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #15

All that proves is that Greenwald snowed him. No pun intended. nt stevenleser Oct 2013 #17

What an evil genius that Greenwald is! Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #20

Glad you are catching on. nt stevenleser Oct 2013 #21

Nope. You'll never draw me into your Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #25

LMAO. You mean reality? It's not as self-serving as fantasy, I'll give you that. stevenleser Oct 2013 #27

Keep going... With your every post you make my point. Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #30

If that's so, I'm glad we're on the same page. nt stevenleser Oct 2013 #31

Kinda like Fox News bahrbearian Oct 2013 #32

LOL, you are like a dog with a bone. Didnt enough people criticize you for this last time? stevenleser Oct 2013 #38

Comments from the BOG don't mean as much as you think. bahrbearian Oct 2013 #45

Same here, but Omidyar does have a pretty good track record on supporting Democrats over Repubs n/t FSogol Oct 2013 #13

Based on what I've read so far, it will be something like Gawker Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #18

If that's all it ends up being... Kind of underwhelming. Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #22

I thought the best model would have been a political/investigative "Grantland" Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #29

Both Pierre and Glenn defend teabaggers like Justin Amash constantly... BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #34

Oh, this should be good...nt SidDithers Oct 2013 #19

Time to shake up the status quo?...I can't wait. Big Money for Media Chaos and Whistleblowers? libdem4life Oct 2013 #23

They aren't "all powerful" Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #39

That is a really interesting development... ljm2002 Oct 2013 #28

Pierre shouldn't gamble anymore than flamingdem Oct 2013 #37

If Greenwald does his thing, Omidyar should at least break even Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #42

He's worth an estimated 8.5 billion Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #43