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The NYT is hardly beyond criticism. But Greenwald's whole schtick these past few years has been little more than a more articulate Trumpian "the press is the en
by the_gastropod 6y ago
The NYT is hardly beyond criticism. But Greenwald's whole schtick these past few years has been little more than a more articulate Trumpian "the press is the enemy of the people" anti-intellectual nonsense.
I don't think Greenwald is a Russian agent. But it's hard to imagine a Russian agent behaving a whole lot differently, if their motive was to sow discord and distrust in our most historically credible institutions.
- babesh 6y agoSuch a classic attack. I am not accusing him of being the enemy but he sure acts like one.
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- filoleg 6y agoI would argue that the examples of "journalism" critiqued in that article are more in line with what an enemy would act like. Pretending otherwise feels like blaming Snowden for exposing certain unlawful things that NSA has been doing. Except with Snowden, there is at least a non-zero-value argument against him when it comes to exposing secrets related to national security (even though I, along with many other people, don't see him as the real bad guy in that whole story). While those "journalists", like Taylor Lorenz, don't have even that excuse on their side.
- ta8645 6y ago> if their motive was to sow discord and distrust in our most historically credible institutions. Those very institutions are doing exactly that to themselves. It's easy to ignore if they mostly comport with your own worldview. But to anyone who goes against the grain at all, it's starkly obvious that these institutions have become little more than propaganda machines for the dominant narrative.
- abacadaba 6y agoSeeing the same people who go on and on about [mildly conservative channel] fake news and laughing at the idiots who watch it while also being completely oblivious to the exact same bs they're lapping up day after day has been outright depressing.