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In reply to the discussion: Right on cue, Glenn Greenwald turns an ISIS atrocity into an anti-Obama screed... [View all]elias49
(4,259 posts)25. OP fail. nt
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Right on cue, Glenn Greenwald turns an ISIS atrocity into an anti-Obama screed... [View all]
Blue_Tires
Feb 2015
OP
Thank you. The OP is wrong - this is no screed against Obama. It's a clinical analysis
leveymg
Feb 2015
#6
Yes. Cult of personality. Was Bush's, now Obama's. You have to summarily dismiss them as irrational.
PSPS
Feb 2015
#59
"Very misleading OP." Big surprise there. Usually Greenwalds detractors are so fair.
Vattel
Feb 2015
#43
Want to explain to the site admins why you can view a hidden transparency page?
Ykcutnek
Feb 2015
#46
can you kindly point me to an example of the bar that "Greenwald fans" have set..
frylock
Feb 2015
#68
It also was Greenwald who called out Bush and Cheney on illegal NSA spying back in 2007.
Octafish
Feb 2015
#22
A year after others had already broken the story. Yeah, amazing journalist job that.
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#51
Except for that pesky fact that he was writing about in 2005 on his blog, "Unclaimed Territory"
Luminous Animal
Feb 2015
#128
Ah so the entire world thinks another journalist broke the story but it was Greenwald all along?
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#151
Greenwald has never claimed that he broke the story. Nor has anyone else. You are woefully inept at this.
Luminous Animal
Feb 2015
#161
Really. "Journalist" Leser. Quote me where I claim he broke the story. Use your best "journalistic"
Luminous Animal
Feb 2015
#163
So extraordinarily dishonest. Nothing there about me or him claiming to break any sort of story.
Luminous Animal
Feb 2015
#172
No."Journalist" Leser. I plainly said that he was reporting on the NSA story 2 years
Luminous Animal
Feb 2015
#178
You just proved me right. The NY times broke the story in mid Dec 2015, nearly 2006
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#180
Not once said he beat them to it. Quit lying. Merely said he was reporting on it. Where are your
Luminous Animal
Feb 2015
#186
For someone who wishes to be taken seriously as a journalist, you're highly subjective...
MrMickeysMom
Feb 2015
#230
So let me get this straight, you demand he get credit for breaking an already broken story?
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#150
Send me the links where you were reporting on NSA abuses in 2005 "journalist" Leser.
Luminous Animal
Feb 2015
#167
Quote me. You can't. Quote me in your subject line. "Journist" Leser. There will be crickets.
Luminous Animal
Feb 2015
#173
Nope. Not any where ever have I made the claim he broke the story. Pure fabrication "journalist"
Luminous Animal
Feb 2015
#179
Quote what I wrote in your subject line. "Journalist" Leser. Quote where I said he broke the story?
Luminous Animal
Feb 2015
#183
Your credibility is a shit clogged toilet. Quote me in subject line where I said he broke the story.
Luminous Animal
Feb 2015
#187
1/30/06- Digby:"Glenn Greenwald has been the go-to guy in this [illegal NSA wiretaps/hearing Qs]"
deurbano
Feb 2015
#188
"I find it odd to see DUers hating on the guy now." Give them credit for being flexible.
rhett o rick
Feb 2015
#54
I don't think you or anyone else holds the morality card on when it's appropriate to speak out
bigtree
Feb 2015
#189
It has nothing to do with morality. It has to do with nationalistic thinking. As Orwell pointed out.
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#220
Some of his acolytes here can do the same thing. A thread about a president picking up a hitchhiker
Number23
Feb 2015
#19
Oh, giftedgirl hit the jackpot when she came up with. What made it so perfect was that it is so
Number23
Feb 2015
#122
If it's a screed against anything, it's against U.S. militarism in general . . .
markpkessinger
Feb 2015
#21
Nothing says vacuuousness like cheerleading an unspecified/unlinked claim.
DisgustipatedinCA
Feb 2015
#104
Greenwald wants to spark a discussion about collateral killings from U.S. operated drones
bigtree
Feb 2015
#30
I actually agree our politicians use these tragedies and atrocities for their own political purpose
bigtree
Feb 2015
#241
It wasn't even about Obama. It dealt with blast effects on human tissue. Not flattering,
leveymg
Feb 2015
#33
Anti-US screed anyway. Greenwald fanboys are zeroing in on the Obama in your OP
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#55
I get the impression that you would like to eliminate all anti-USA "screed". Maybe Fox Noise is
rhett o rick
Feb 2015
#67
Nice try at changing the subject, but no. The answer to wrongdoing by others is not "US Bad"
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#71
The linked article is the latest attempt by Greenwald and fans to minimize ISIS and
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#156
Could it be CT?Greenwald and fans conspiring to minimize ISIS atrocities by revealing US atrocities.
rhett o rick
Feb 2015
#197
I can see why you wouldn't link to it since it isn't anything like your OP
riderinthestorm
Feb 2015
#66
The truth is hell. And they can't handle it. This fangirl is laughing her ass off
Autumn
Feb 2015
#77
Go figure, the more he comes out with his crap the clearer the picture becomes.
Thinkingabout
Feb 2015
#81
If you "understand" Greenwald then I dont know if you are following the truth.
Thinkingabout
Feb 2015
#110
He does not report historical facts, impossible to get the facts from him
Thinkingabout
Feb 2015
#109
After someone tells different tales on the same subject I mark them off on
Thinkingabout
Feb 2015
#117
I do not believe anything he has to say, zero confidence in his reporting.
Thinkingabout
Feb 2015
#107
I was going to ask if you were ashamed of your misinformation/propaganda but I see you are by
TheKentuckian
Feb 2015
#105
Unbelievably dishonest - you don't link to the article you're criticizing, you just expect
scarletwoman
Feb 2015
#106
The article is a painful reminder of the thousands of innocents killed by Obama's drones
Bonobo
Feb 2015
#108
Of course, Glenn, how's that PUTEEN doing (yes I know it's SNOWjob in Russia)?!1 n/t
UTUSN
Feb 2015
#135
No, they shouldn't delete. It took a long time for Greenwald to realize Bush was
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#185
"Anybody finally want to start admitting I've been right about him and his "brand" of agenda-based"
Hissyspit
Feb 2015
#155
Almost. He might have one if the Obama administration had dropped white phosphorous
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#170
This OP is a huge fail. Mr. Greenwald wrote an article pointing out the hypocracy
rhett o rick
Feb 2015
#217