>It's truly a sad state of reporting and public discourse. I think your problem is that you're seeing one article as the indicator of the state of public disco

>It's truly a sad state of reporting and public discourse. I think your problem is that you're seeing one article as the indicator of the state of public discourse. Heres a bunch more: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=nsa https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0... This article is a brief update on Snowden's asylum status and it conveys just that. Not every article on the matter needs to discuss the full depth of the issue.