Weirded Out By All the Attacks on Glenn Greenwald

[MADem]

97. But he wasn't freelance. He worked in a salaried position for

the Koch Brothers/CATO Institute for several years, he worked for the Guardian at a salaried position for several years, and now he is working for The Intercept in a salaried position.

He didn't publish a book--he published a longish essay, accompanied by a data dump of Snowden's "stuff" (with little to no exposition) and expected a grand reaction. He didn't get the reaction he hoped for, though.

I judge a journalist by their actions and by their integrity. This guy comes across as not a journalist, but an individual who takes money from people like the Koch Brothers, and like that Pierre Omidyar, to push specific positions using a "journalistic-ISH" patina. Some can call it "advocacy journalism," I call it something south of propaganda, and north of agenda - pushing.

I'm not "killing the messenger." If I had the ability to do that, then why is Glenn Greenwald still publishing his crap? He'll kill himself with his lousy "journalism." Five years from now he won't be the flavor of the month anymore, and he'll probably be called things like "flaky" and "reckless" by his former cheering squad.

But more to the point, I hope you will notice that I didn't say ONE DISPARAGING WORD about YOU in this post. I stuck to the issues. Reread your testy little subject line, and your last paragraph, and maybe try harder to return the favor, why don't you, next time?