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Showing Original Post only (View all)Greenwald and the Right Wing Media Have the Same Obama Smear--(Using Media Matters.) [View all]
Okay....in the past I have been highly critical of Glen Greenwald. Hell--I wrote a DU OP about him that went viral:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002101211
Last week, President Obama scored a major hit against AlQaeda in Syria, likely killing a 9/11 conspirator (and the head of Iran's branch of AL-Qaeda.) I documented the hit against Khorasan, and gave a little historical background---
http://election.democraticunderground.com/10025579591
Well, just like when the President hit OBL, the Right Wing has gone nuckin' futs over the idea that Obama cleaned up the mess that Bush refused to sweep up. It's Benghazi, all over again:
From Media Matters:
Conservative media figures are accusing the Obama administration of "inventing" the Khorasan group following U.S. air strikes on the terror cell, claiming President Obama is deploying "propaganda" tools to hide the group's connection to al Qaeda. In reality, the intelligence community has been monitoring the Khorasan group for some time, and Obama himself has publicly acknowledged its ties to al Qaeda.
National Review Online: "The Khorosan Group Does Not Exist." In a September 27 post for National Review Online, Andrew McCarthy claimed that the Khorasan terrorist group was merely a "fictitious name the Obama administration invented to deceive us":
There is a reason that no one had heard of such a group until a nanosecond ago, when the "Khorosan Group" suddenly went from anonymity to the "imminent threat" that became the rationale for an emergency air war there was supposedly no time to ask Congress to authorize.
Laura Ingraham: The Khorasan Group Is "Propaganda," "Right Out Of The Old Soviet Union." During the September 29 edition of Laura Ingraham's radio show, the ABC and Fox News contributor cited the NRO piece as evidence that the term "Khorasan group" is just "propaganda" the government is "sending out to the sheeple." Ingraham claimed, "This is something right out of the old Soviet Union." [Courtside Entertainment Group, The Laura Ingraham Show, 9/29/14]
Rush Limbaugh: "There Is No Khorasan Group." Administration "Made It Up" To Avoid Admitting It's Al Qaeda. During the September 29 edition of his radio show, Rush Limbaugh used the NRO article as confirmation of his prior assertion that the Khorasan group "was just al Qaeda." Limbaugh asserted that the Obama administration had invented the name Khorasan, saying, "They just made it up":
http://mediamatters.org/research/2014/09/29/conservative-medias-khorasan-conspiracy-obama-a/200937
That's right, DUers! Andrew McCarthy of the NRO. Laura Ingraham. Rush Limbaugh.
And Glenn. Our friend, Glenn Greenwald, who claims that the administration made up Khorasan. Our friend, Glenn, whose disgusting smear was posted here at DU, in no less than 4 separate OPs. For shits and giggles, if you google "greenwald" and "khorasan" in the helpful search box up to the right that the administrators have provided, you can read those OPs. You can see who wrote them. You can see who recc'd them. This is one of the greatest things about DU3--the ability to see what has come before.
I think it's time we start acknowledging that Mr. Greenwald is not a journalist, but an advocate for a paid agenda.
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Greenwald and the Right Wing Media Have the Same Obama Smear--(Using Media Matters.) [View all]
msanthrope
Sep 2014
OP
He's an adept manipulator of people. What struck me about all the people repeating his
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#9
So, in terms of Democracy Now and their frequently having GG as a guest?
Dont call me Shirley
Sep 2014
#106
K, thanks for your reply and post. I'll do a little more research.
Dont call me Shirley
Sep 2014
#139
When our least favorite RW journos say it, it's trash. When Greenwald says it, it's genius!
stevenleser
Sep 2014
#4
Does the poster you're trying (and failing) to snark at spout FOX party line like Greenwald?
KittyWampus
Sep 2014
#157
You and msanthrope have won DU this week. I saw your other post in geek tragedy's thread
Number23
Sep 2014
#182
This Is Because, Ma'am, There Really Is Not A Dime's Worth Of Difference Between Their Aims
The Magistrate
Sep 2014
#13
My Smear? How am I smearing Mr. Greenwald by using his own words and the DU search
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#18
A lot of people of all stripes are questioning the information we're getting
whatchamacallit
Sep 2014
#32
I think when you go to donor dinners, a book tour, and write whitepaper for a person, you
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#72
Um, no. Not part of the same CATO project. Unless you think that appearing at
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#149
Dd he return the checks? Not go to the donor dinners? In 2012, did he denounce the Koch's
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#117
...starts with common knowledge... libertarians caring about survey state isn't common
uponit7771
Sep 2014
#89
LOL, you talk about false premises, then begin by saying Greenwald is a "right-wing libertarian".
Marr
Sep 2014
#144
Oh, ok. Good to know you aren't suggesting Greenwald is a right-wing libertarian. /nt
Marr
Sep 2014
#148
No, it was Bragi who used the term. I think Greenwald is a Libertarian, however, and as a former
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#150
His current article has been proven to be demonstrably false....as was the near-identical
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#155
You are correct--he is taking the "left" position, much as he did with the dog and pony show
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#162
Greenwald is his own damn hate fest.. it ooozes out of his keyboard with ignorance and stupidity
Cha
Oct 2014
#186
Snark. Media Matters, which was created expressly to debunk Fox, is "right wing media"
Doctor_J
Sep 2014
#35
I think he just defended your source, and in doing so, validated MM's criticism of Greenwald...
SidDithers
Sep 2014
#172
Oh, look.....now Breitbart has picked up the Smear!! GG is in good company! nt
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#44
It's like Greenwald just copied National Review--these articles are within HOURS
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#83
And, a whole bunch of right wingers agree with Obama that we need to go to war.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Sep 2014
#59
I am sorry---but weren't the Right Wingers accusing the President of doing too little?
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#63
So, he's not conducting a war? A little bit of arsenic is better than a lot of arsenic?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Sep 2014
#77
He most certainly is conducting the war authorized under the AUMF of 9/18/2001.
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#80
Is that the "Sacrifice few to save many" morality you are speaking of?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Sep 2014
#109
Uh-oh. Now you've done it. Prepare for a tidal wave of cognitive dissonance from the sockpuppet club
RufusTFirefly
Sep 2014
#64
It's so CONVINCING when all the corporate voices talk to one another.
woo me with science
Sep 2014
#62
Yep. We're supposed to rely on the ever trustworthy CIA, NSA, and Pentagon for our info.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Sep 2014
#68
I don't trust the CIA, NSA nor Pentagon either & I think it's unhealthy to trust Greenwald as well
LawDeeDah
Sep 2014
#70
Well, I trust him a helluva lot more than the warmongers that Obama trusts.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Sep 2014
#76
Greenwald being the journalist he is, I would think he has an opinion on that!
LawDeeDah
Sep 2014
#99
Omidyars fiddling is the sort of the symphony of the Koch's kind of fiddling.
LawDeeDah
Sep 2014
#101
That's sort of what a discussion forum is about, you know. Discussion. Sometimes agreement.
randome
Sep 2014
#82
The ever morphing evil terrorists = fear the boogeyman ...keep making bombs ...MIC stocks happy
L0oniX
Sep 2014
#81
What happened to the Taliban? War rah rah and fear is for the lemmings. Mean while keep trusting the
L0oniX
Sep 2014
#91
I'm not playing. I'm pleased as all hell that the President hit an AlQaeda cell.
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#114
Best estimates are that the Khorasan group is 50 guys who were/are affiliated with AQ
riderinthestorm
Sep 2014
#98
Al-Fadhli was a major AQ financier and fundraiser. It's probably why he knew of 9/11
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#119
So here we come to the crux of it - the Khorasan group IS a new entity
riderinthestorm
Sep 2014
#121
No--they aren't "new." 'Khorasan' is a term that refers to the coming of Jihad--
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#129
Al Fadihl may be a criminal mastermind but he wasn't planning or funding 9-11
riderinthestorm
Sep 2014
#169
Closer to Election Day, I think. What do you think the over/under will be for
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#90
National Review and GReenwald apparently published within HOURS of each other....
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#107
Greenwald apparently is an activist. He does not mind using others to accomplish his dirty deeds.
Thinkingabout
Sep 2014
#112
Greenwald, Comrade Snowden, Papa Paul, Babino Paul, Palin, Media Matters, FOX...
Cryptoad
Sep 2014
#113
If the RW News Media says something about Obama, it must be false, because Obama can do no bad!
AZ Progressive
Sep 2014
#120
Darn right. The sooner you realize this, the happier you'll make DU's crack critical thinking squad
RufusTFirefly
Sep 2014
#126
“What is Greenwald Covering Up? – BFP Roundtable #02″, published on 20 Dec 2013 at corbettreport
dawn frenzy adams
Sep 2014
#127
Who? And I've been writing about GG for years with only one stupid hide to show for it. nt
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#133
We are not suppose to call out names...doesn't say in SOR that we can call out names and...
Tikki
Sep 2014
#140
Indeed--libertarian and anti-American ideology does attract the fringes. nt
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#153
"anti-American" ideology that discourages voting and participation in civics by
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#161
Well, Schopenhauer preferred monarchy to democracy, so I get why you would pick him
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#164
I see what you mean.. Brawaaaaa.. "BOGGERs Have Same Tactics has Teaparty".. wah wah wah..
Cha
Oct 2014
#185
"Facepalm this poster is off the rails. Suggest they take the rails over to Free Republic." LOL
Cha
Oct 2014
#193
Juror #6 once again nails why the jury system is beyond all hope and redemption
Number23
Oct 2014
#199
Oh...I still have to give it the old college try. I suspect many on this board
msanthrope
Oct 2014
#210