Yet another article focused on the man instead of the issue. The U.S.'s obsession with celebrity gossip fodder makes it far too easy for news outlets to focus

Yet another article focused on the man instead of the issue. The U.S.'s obsession with celebrity gossip fodder makes it far too easy for news outlets to focus on the low-hanging fruit, the story that more closely aligns with an already-determined narrative. If Snowden's story was published as a TV drama right now, you could hear the selling points: "Fugitive on the run from the state!" "Spy intrigue!" "Hero or villain?" "Man or legend?" ...None of that has to do with the issue that that Snowden exposed, the inherent secrecy of the court system that allows it to happen, and efforts to reverse what a large portion of the American public views to be unconstitutional/undemocratic behavior by a country that lectures the opposite to other nations. There are so many interesting and important issues to unpack in this whole ordeal. I wish we could trust the media to unravel these complex issues instead of spoon-feeding us the easy story. We ingest our own ignorance as a result.