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Have a casual look at Glenn Greenwald's Twitter feed and then come back and tell me his news organization is partisan.

jnbiche 10y ago
Agreed. I'm primarily a 3rd-party voter, and as such am highly attuned to the hypocrisy I see coming from supporters of both major parties. And in my mind, Greenwald has been extremely good at attacking corruption and authoritarianism from those in power, regardless of their party. Most hard-core Democrats strongly dislike him because of how he "treated" the Obama administration. On a personal level, Greenwald probably is somewhere between liberal and libertarian, but I'm quite sure he's neither Democrat nor Republican, and just as sure he favors neither "team" in his reporting.
joshuaheard 10y ago
Maybe not partisan, but the article is clearly biased by only naming Republican administrations.
- falcolas 10y ago
  The Intercept has been plenty critical of the Obama administration, from the drone strikes to the surveilence state, to their handling of Manning and Snowden. They're (imo) a bit on the tinfoil hat side of reporting, but they're hardly partisan. The simple fact is that now the administration is Republican, so any comments on the current administration are going to be about a Republican administration.
- kennywinker 10y ago
  Can you think of scandals on scale of watergate under a democrat?
  - joshuaheard 10y ago
    The Clinton Impeachment, which was blown open by the media leak of the stained blue dress on the DrudgeReport. The media was largely silent on Obama's scandals, but he had plenty, off the top of my head: IRS targeting of political opponents, U.S. Ambassador death at Benghazi, Secretary of State Clinton's mishandling of classified data on her personal server, giving guns to the Mexican cartels (Gun Walker), Chinese hack of all the federal employees' personal information, etc.
    - kennywinker 10y ago
      "On the scale of watergate"
      - joshuaheard 10y ago
        Well, Clinton was impeached. Nixon was not. And, no one died for Watergate.
        hollerith 10y ago
        Clinton was impeached, then acquitted. If Nixon hadn't resigned, he would've been impeached, then convicted.
tossacct444 10y ago
Their last line is fully ironic considering the Obama admin's war on whistleblowers. "Becoming a whistleblower is not an easy decision, but sometimes it is the right thing to do." https://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/14/obamas_war_on_whistleblowers_forced_edward https://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/14/obamas_war_on_whistle... http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/09/mouths-wide-shut-obamas-war-on-whistleblowers/ http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/09/mouths-wide-shut-obam... Did the "nonprofit, nonpartisan" Intercept publish similar instructions over the last 8 years? For a "journalistic piece" it's odd there is no author of the article. They don't have any contact links beside an onion address and a PO Box. Who funds the Intercept anyway? I think Greenwald, a self described liberal, has been fair in calling out other liberals in their hypocrisy, especially the Obama admin. http://www.alternet.org/glenn-greenwald-remember-when-obama-vowed-protect-whistleblowers http://www.alternet.org/glenn-greenwald-remember-when-obama-...
- JoeAltmaier 10y ago
  'War'? Is tracking 5 of 6 internet leaks a 'war'? I imagine its more of a heatmap of the frequency of leaking in this new internet age.
- maxerickson 10y ago
  The Intercept launched in 2014, partly as a way to publish material from the Snowden leaks. So the answer to your question is "No, but...". Pierre Omidyar funded The Intercept. He got wealthy as the founder of eBay.
kennywinker 10y ago
The word "partisan" impies actions and beliefs on a "side" without considering it independently. The intercpt, and glen greenwald, were a thorn in the obama administration's side with their reporting. Now they intend to be a thorn in Trump's side. That sounds non-partisan, at least in the sense of republican and democrat, to me.

Agreed. I'm primarily a 3rd-party voter, and as such am highly attuned to the hypocrisy I see coming from supporters of both major parties. And in my mind, Greenwald has been extremely good at attacking corruption and authoritarianism from those in power, regardless of their party. Most hard-core Democrats strongly dislike him because of how he "treated" the Obama administration. On a personal level, Greenwald probably is somewhere between liberal and libertarian, but I'm quite sure he's neither Democrat nor Republican, and just as sure he favors neither "team" in his reporting.

joshuaheard 10y ago

Maybe not partisan, but the article is clearly biased by only naming Republican administrations.

falcolas 10y ago
The Intercept has been plenty critical of the Obama administration, from the drone strikes to the surveilence state, to their handling of Manning and Snowden. They're (imo) a bit on the tinfoil hat side of reporting, but they're hardly partisan. The simple fact is that now the administration is Republican, so any comments on the current administration are going to be about a Republican administration.
kennywinker 10y ago
Can you think of scandals on scale of watergate under a democrat?
- joshuaheard 10y ago
  The Clinton Impeachment, which was blown open by the media leak of the stained blue dress on the DrudgeReport. The media was largely silent on Obama's scandals, but he had plenty, off the top of my head: IRS targeting of political opponents, U.S. Ambassador death at Benghazi, Secretary of State Clinton's mishandling of classified data on her personal server, giving guns to the Mexican cartels (Gun Walker), Chinese hack of all the federal employees' personal information, etc.
  - kennywinker 10y ago
    "On the scale of watergate"
    - joshuaheard 10y ago
      Well, Clinton was impeached. Nixon was not. And, no one died for Watergate.
      - hollerith 10y ago
        Clinton was impeached, then acquitted. If Nixon hadn't resigned, he would've been impeached, then convicted.

tossacct444 10y ago

Their last line is fully ironic considering the Obama admin's war on whistleblowers. "Becoming a whistleblower is not an easy decision, but sometimes it is the right thing to do." https://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/14/obamas_war_on_whistleblowers_forced_edward https://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/14/obamas_war_on_whistle... http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/09/mouths-wide-shut-obamas-war-on-whistleblowers/ http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/09/mouths-wide-shut-obam... Did the "nonprofit, nonpartisan" Intercept publish similar instructions over the last 8 years? For a "journalistic piece" it's odd there is no author of the article. They don't have any contact links beside an onion address and a PO Box. Who funds the Intercept anyway? I think Greenwald, a self described liberal, has been fair in calling out other liberals in their hypocrisy, especially the Obama admin. http://www.alternet.org/glenn-greenwald-remember-when-obama-vowed-protect-whistleblowers http://www.alternet.org/glenn-greenwald-remember-when-obama-...

JoeAltmaier 10y ago
'War'? Is tracking 5 of 6 internet leaks a 'war'? I imagine its more of a heatmap of the frequency of leaking in this new internet age.
maxerickson 10y ago
The Intercept launched in 2014, partly as a way to publish material from the Snowden leaks. So the answer to your question is "No, but...". Pierre Omidyar funded The Intercept. He got wealthy as the founder of eBay.

kennywinker 10y ago

The word "partisan" impies actions and beliefs on a "side" without considering it independently. The intercpt, and glen greenwald, were a thorn in the obama administration's side with their reporting. Now they intend to be a thorn in Trump's side. That sounds non-partisan, at least in the sense of republican and democrat, to me.