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This is what corporate media wants in America. The same people behind the Iraq war are now outrage machines trying to drum up support for censorship in the nam

This is what corporate media wants in America. The same people behind the Iraq war are now outrage machines trying to drum up support for censorship in the name of stopping a new threat... "homegrown Al Qaeda" wearing a MAGA hat. I know this will be divisive, but the NYT needs to formally retract their reporting of the attacks on the capitol: https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-false-and-exaggerated-claims https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-false-and-exaggerated-c...

reducesuffering 6y ago
What happened to Glen? He's clearly angry at media like NYT for narrative spinning and reporting mistakes. This entire article is about how they hastily reported Officer Sisnick was killed by the mob, but as of now we don't definitively know how he died yet. That's basically it. Almost all of his reporting is taking a microscope to US left media and policies, while blatantly failing to report on any egregious errors with US right media and policies. It's like siding with Putin because RT will find some sort of dirt on the opposition.
- halfjoking 6y ago
  I agree Glenn should hate both sides equally. It's also hurting his credibility being used as a mouthpiece by right-wing media. He's just given time on Fox so they could say "See - the swamp is real, even this leftist says so! That's why you should never trust those liberals." But please give Glenn some slack. If it wasn't for him Edward Snowden may be in Guantanamo, instead of regularly giving interviews over livestreams. Calling the last 6 weeks "reporting mistakes" is way too generous. These are planted stories to shape public opinion. Glenn recognizes this and clearly explains using these events as a basis to censor the entire internet is unbelievably dangerous. Not since the Patriot Act has there been a danger to democracy so egregious. I hope people see realize it before it's too late.
- cwkoss 6y ago
  > Almost all of his reporting is taking a microscope to US left media and policies, while blatantly failing to report on any egregious errors with US right media and policies. There is significant liberal discourse around errors in right media already: its a crowded beat already (and it often devolves into fruitless filter bubble circle jerks). Non-partisan criticism of liberal discourse is a fairly empty beat in modern discourse, which is why I value his reporting. Personally, I think the idea that journalists should try to balance both sides of every issue is without basis unless you're specifically trying to make an institution like NYT that tries to cover essentially everything.
- dragonwriter 6y ago
  > Almost all of his reporting is taking a microscope to US left media and policies No, it's not. It's mostly targeting the Democratic Party establishment and centrist media. He’s still playing the role of a leftist critic of the elite centrist establishment. Of course, it's hard not to notice that though he will still ritually make perfunctory negative comments about the Right in the course of doing so, the content of his criticism is carefully calibrated to match current right-wing narratives about the same outlets as he is criticizing.

reducesuffering 6y ago

What happened to Glen? He's clearly angry at media like NYT for narrative spinning and reporting mistakes. This entire article is about how they hastily reported Officer Sisnick was killed by the mob, but as of now we don't definitively know how he died yet. That's basically it. Almost all of his reporting is taking a microscope to US left media and policies, while blatantly failing to report on any egregious errors with US right media and policies. It's like siding with Putin because RT will find some sort of dirt on the opposition.

halfjoking 6y ago
I agree Glenn should hate both sides equally. It's also hurting his credibility being used as a mouthpiece by right-wing media. He's just given time on Fox so they could say "See - the swamp is real, even this leftist says so! That's why you should never trust those liberals." But please give Glenn some slack. If it wasn't for him Edward Snowden may be in Guantanamo, instead of regularly giving interviews over livestreams. Calling the last 6 weeks "reporting mistakes" is way too generous. These are planted stories to shape public opinion. Glenn recognizes this and clearly explains using these events as a basis to censor the entire internet is unbelievably dangerous. Not since the Patriot Act has there been a danger to democracy so egregious. I hope people see realize it before it's too late.
cwkoss 6y ago
> Almost all of his reporting is taking a microscope to US left media and policies, while blatantly failing to report on any egregious errors with US right media and policies. There is significant liberal discourse around errors in right media already: its a crowded beat already (and it often devolves into fruitless filter bubble circle jerks). Non-partisan criticism of liberal discourse is a fairly empty beat in modern discourse, which is why I value his reporting. Personally, I think the idea that journalists should try to balance both sides of every issue is without basis unless you're specifically trying to make an institution like NYT that tries to cover essentially everything.
dragonwriter 6y ago
> Almost all of his reporting is taking a microscope to US left media and policies No, it's not. It's mostly targeting the Democratic Party establishment and centrist media. He’s still playing the role of a leftist critic of the elite centrist establishment. Of course, it's hard not to notice that though he will still ritually make perfunctory negative comments about the Right in the course of doing so, the content of his criticism is carefully calibrated to match current right-wing narratives about the same outlets as he is criticizing.