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Greenwald kind of reminds me of Anakin taking a knee in front of the emperor in Revenge if the Sith. It's not really convincing but he's doing what's expected o

Greenwald kind of reminds me of Anakin taking a knee in front of the emperor in Revenge if the Sith. It's not really convincing but he's doing what's expected of him. It's sad what happened to my "heroes" of the early 2010s. To get a general idea about his motivations and his shift in allegiance, this piece is a good start: https://www.thedailybeast.com/is-glenn-greenwald-the-new-master-of-right-wing-media https://www.thedailybeast.com/is-glenn-greenwald-the-new-mas... Quote: > Intercept editor Roger Hodge theorizes that money is probably behind at least some of Greenwald’s adventures in right-wing media. > > “He needs subscribers and he’s giving people what they want, which is hatred and rage,” Hodge told The Daily Beast. “He’s tapped into the rage machine. He understands that there’s no engagement like rage engagement.”

refurb 5y ago
This kind of hyper-partisanship is what is destroying the media. The left turned on Glenn because he was no longer willing to just throw punches at the other side - he was willing to call out his own side as well, and if that mean talking to (gasp!) folks on the other side, well, that's what he'd do. It's not that Glenn changed what he always did, it's just that you didn't like who was in his spotlight.
- dredmorbius 5y ago
  Greenwald's increasingly taken to saying plain stupid stuff without substantiation, and doubling down on it. It's one thing to be poking in areas with little available evidence and doing the best that can be done, another simply to make stuff up and play for drama and views.