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He managed to do just fine before Snowden.

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  • natural219 13y ago
    This is actually entirely untrue. Greenwald was a prolific blogger far before the Snowden leak. In fact, I only found out, like, a couple of days ago that he was responsible for publicizing the Snowden leak.
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  • icelancer 13y ago
    > But I'd wager that 95% of the HN (and the population at large) did not recognise his name. I'll take a bet at window max for the population of HN. Greenwald was very well known.
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    • jacobquick 13y ago
      he was right there too
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  • mcantelon 13y ago
    He was well-known to anyone with an interest in privacy, pre-Snowden. Judging by the interest the subject of privacy gets on HN, more than 5% of HN readers are interested in it and knew about Greenwald pre-Snowden. Whether he can handle leaks on his own, who knows. I'm sure WikiLeaks, who has some experience in dealing with leaks, wouldn't hesitate to assist him.
  • toyg 13y ago
    I have one name for you: Bob Woodward. How many years since Watergate? And he's still there... a bit whored-out, yes, now mostly a megaphone for the rich and powerful class he belongs to... BUT he's still there, and doing fine, despite having a total of zero major scoops since 1973. The bar for Greenwald is pretty low, in that sense. I'm sure he'll do just fine.
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      • mcantelon 13y ago
        It's not clear what the "opportunity" Greenwald's been presented with is. It could be his own news agency or it could be something different. It's a bit premature to be dismissive.