1/ What happened to Reality Winner is an injustice. But @theIntercept compounds it & is journalistically derelict by continuing to a) avoid owning up to its own role & b) pretend she exposed a Russian intel operation, when they are fully aware she didn’t. theintercept.com/2018/12/23/rea…
2) re: a), here’s Glenn Greenwald, per the New Yorker:
“The site ‘fucked up,’ Greenwald said. He added that, if he didn’t work there, he might be wondering aloud why nobody was fired.”
newyorker.com/magazine/2018/…
“The site ‘fucked up,’ Greenwald said. He added that, if he didn’t work there, he might be wondering aloud why nobody was fired.”
newyorker.com/magazine/2018/…
3) The same accountability we’ve all sought from the Guardian over the Manafort-Assange story should also be sought over TI’s Russian vote hacking story. They’re not perfectly analogous, but what GG says here about the Guardian story also applies to TI: theintercept.com/amp/it-is-poss…
4) if you want to see why The Intercept’s NSA vote hacking story was full of holes, watch the only time a TI reporter (James Risen) has been challenged to defend its assertions (by me). Also note how no TI reporter will come forward to defend it now: therealnews.com/stories/what-d…
5) in short, the story was reckless both in its reporting & in its assertions, and the continued attempt to evade accountability by exploiting the source who’s in prison over it is embarrassing, and shameful.
6) here is my brief
breakdown of why TI’s vote hacking story is so flawed. TI is fully aware of this critique, but no one has stepped forward to challenge it. That’s because they know it’s right, & acknowledging that would undercut their entire story. thenation.com/article/russia…
breakdown of why TI’s vote hacking story is so flawed. TI is fully aware of this critique, but no one has stepped forward to challenge it. That’s because they know it’s right, & acknowledging that would undercut their entire story. thenation.com/article/russia…
