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Glenn Greenwald

@ggreenwald

9 Oct

https://twitter.com/liz_franczak/status/1314331065251753986

So much of the most impactful Trump-era “reporting” has been proven fraudulent — Cambridge Analytica, Alfa Bank & the Steele Dossier are just the latest — but media outlets don’t want to know because they profited greatly, sold books, & showered themselves with Pulitzers for it.

https://twitter.com/liz_franczak/status/1314331065251753986

Even the Russiagate-friendly NY Times now essentially acknowledges, buried deep in articles, that the Steele Dossier was a fraud. But it goes far beyond that: there was massive abuse of power & disinformation from FBI & CIA as part of the 2016 Russiagate investigation & few care.

That the FBI fraudulently obtained warrants to spy on a US citizen is a far bigger scandal than anything Russiagate revealed. But media outlets are uninterested in abuse of power by FBI/DOJ & CIA because they were the key partners to these agencies in spreading disinformation.

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Glenn Greenwald

@ggreenwald

6 Oct

New study confirms even further what has long been known: a key cause for future pandemics is the animal agriculture/factory farm industry. It’s a menace on all levels.

If we don’t find new ways to feed ourselves as a species quickly, this will worsen:

independent.co.uk/news/health/co…

@NRO

As this excellent @NRO article documents, the bravery and efficacy of animal rights activists — taking on one of the most powerful and toxic industries in the world, which harm humanity and the planet on every level — deserves far more attention.

nationalreview.com/2020/10/the-an…

For decades, animal rights was considered even on the left to be a fringe, trivial cause. It’s increasingly recognized that it’s central to every major challenge humanity faces: not even really a left-wing cause any more. Its activists are among the bravest & more studied I know.

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Glenn Greenwald

@ggreenwald

1 Oct

https://twitter.com/jonlovett/status/1311729935833333767

When it comes to the actions by the world’s most powerful governments, I’d rather hear what they have to say than have newspapers protect me from it. We should just explain to adults that when a newspaper publishes someone’s opinion, it doesn’t mean they agree with it:

https://twitter.com/jonlovett/status/1311729935833333767

When the Obama Admin seized the right to target US citizens for assassination with no due process, and then went on an unprecedented orgy prosecuting whistleblowers for espionage — 2 of the gravest civil liberties threats in decades — I wanted to hear from them justifying it.

Same when Bush/Cheney set up worldwide torture camps as CIA black sites, kidnapped people off the streets, created a due-process-free island prison, etc. Media should tell us how they defend it.

Same reason the US media blackout of Al Qaeda explaining 9/11 was a disservice.

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Glenn Greenwald

@ggreenwald

26 Sep

@DrIbram

Adoption is one of the most beautiful things that exists in the world, and while — like everything, including biological families — it can foster abuse, casually insinuating that for adoptive parents is despicable.

And yes, @DrIbram, it matters that you used the wrong picture:

These vile attacks are a perfect distillation of contemporary liberal discourse: it doesn’t matter what you do in your life, how you treat people, what actions you take — to be anti-racist, you must recite the right phrases & properly preen & posture (& buy Dr. Kendi’s book).

I can’t even fathom how rotted your soul has to be to attack people’s families like this for petty political gain. We endured it a lot in Brazil and what always leaves me amazed is the sociopathic contempt for the kids involved. Even if you hate ACB, why malign her family?

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Glenn Greenwald

@ggreenwald

22 Sep

@RollingStone

Thanks to the @RollingStone podcast with @mtaibbi & @kthalps for having me on to discuss the amazing spectacle of dozens if not hundreds of journalists spreading obvious falsehoods about the Reality Winner/Intercept story. There's a valid reason why people don't trust media:

Twitter, beyond fostering fatal group-think among journalists, has also become a crucial weapon they use to craft and then spread false narratives, knowing they can assert claims without anyone expecting verification, and people deciding to spread it if it's validating:

Here's the final part: as I've said before, there's nothing that lets you realize just how constantly & casually mainstream journalists spread lies like being at the center of a story & having first-hand knowledge. None of them care about Reality Winner; they used her to for fun:

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Glenn Greenwald

@ggreenwald

21 Sep

https://twitter.com/AlxThomp/status/1308007738220392448

LOL. For 3 years, we were told Bob "WMD" Mueller was a man of such integrity, probity & courage that it was unpatriotic to criticize him & he would reveal All Truth.

Then he failed to deliver what liberal stars had promised, so now it's open season: he's a weakling & a coward:

https://twitter.com/AlxThomp/status/1308007738220392448

Conspiracy theorists can never be defeated. Any outcomes that negate their claims just get integrated into the conspiracy.

When Mueller concluded there was no evidence to establish the conspiracy they touted for years, they turned on Mueller rather than re-assess their beliefs.

This is what establishment media stars were feeding people for years, profiting off of with ratings & books, and showering themselves with Pulitzers for saying.

What else can they do to salvage their humiliation other than blame Mueller, not themselves?