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In reply to the discussion: Glenn Greenwald: I Defend Snowden Like MSNBC Defends Obama '24 Hours A Day' [View all]ProSense
(116,464 posts)94. You must
"Especially after the Bill Clinton quote on the MSNBC channel...I got no problems with Glen nor Bill's statement."
...be referring to this:
Bill Clinton: MSNBC 'Has Become Our Version Of Fox'
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024235356
The quote is from January 2012, and could you imagine Clinton saying this that during the heat of the 2012 campaign or even now?
It just goes to show how ridiculous it is.
This is after the election:
Fox News Captions Footage Of Illegal Border Crossings With The Hispanic Vote
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021825552
Greenwald likely wouldn't agree with Clinton.
Greenwald seems to believe that Fox displays more balance that MSNBC:
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MSNBC did not air a single story critical of the President or a single positive story about Romney - not a single one - even as Fox aired a few negative ones about Romney and a few positive ones about Obama. Meanwhile, Obama campaign aides who appeared on MSNBC were typically treated with greater deference than that shown to the British Queen when one of her most adoring subjects is in her presence for the first time.
<...>
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/feb/19/msnbc-axelrod-gibbs-obama
MSNBC did not air a single story critical of the President or a single positive story about Romney - not a single one - even as Fox aired a few negative ones about Romney and a few positive ones about Obama. Meanwhile, Obama campaign aides who appeared on MSNBC were typically treated with greater deference than that shown to the British Queen when one of her most adoring subjects is in her presence for the first time.
<...>
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/feb/19/msnbc-axelrod-gibbs-obama
In Greenwald's head, Fox is a standard that MSNBC should aspire to.
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Glenn Greenwald: I Defend Snowden Like MSNBC Defends Obama '24 Hours A Day' [View all]
ProSense
Dec 2013
OP
He corrected himself when challenged. He was happy to throw the gross hyperbole out there
stevenleser
Dec 2013
#49
A RICH clown, who's getting even richer. Hey GG, answer these questions, won't ya? Inquiring minds
Tarheel_Dem
Dec 2013
#42
You betcha! Actual "whistleblowers" are finally beginning to question this asshole.....
Tarheel_Dem
Dec 2013
#43
Kristen Welker would know that isn't the case. She was speaking for herself. Can't stand her. n/t
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2013
#7
Another possibility is that you side with the NSA in the metadata-dragnet issue
Penicilino
Dec 2013
#19
This is why Greenwald is full of shit. MSNBC doesn't "defend Obama 24 hours a day"!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Dec 2013
#22
That's pretty nasty, IMO. But hey, I suppose when they've got no argument, a nasty pic will have to
MADem
Dec 2013
#84
As I posted to that non-comprehending person and apparently need to do so again here
Number23
Dec 2013
#109
The only consistent defender of Obama on MSNBC is the Rev. Everyone else has taken unnecessary shots
Drunken Irishman
Dec 2013
#40
I would hope the GG gives a sit down interview to someone who's not intimidated by him. Like here:
Tarheel_Dem
Dec 2013
#45
Agreed. But I think we left Orwell in the rear view mirror some time ago.
DisgustipatedinCA
Dec 2013
#95