Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

I'll never stop being amazed at the species of commentary from people who demand proof of courage from Edward @Swowden -- who risked all his liberty to reveal the truth about NSA to the word -- yet themselves have never displayed an iota of real courage or risk in their lives: — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@MackJ @gngrjc Oh, no! You're telling "Zack Kopplin" on me. Can any journalist survive criticisms from such a giant of the profession? Do you prefer this article and headline? https://t.co/suHytcdVBZ — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Carthage_ghost I've said this exactly same thing literally hundreds of times over the last 5 years. That's what "one ****more**** time" means. Did you not see the part? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Carthage_ghost I've said this exactly same thing literally hundreds of times over the last 5 years. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@a_genz_elder I said there are small pockets of leftist opposition and even provided examples: Chomsky and some Jacobin writers, beyond the many examples I've highlighted on the international left. I'm talking about the mainstream left: the Bernie/AOC wing in DC and their media allies. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jriley8832 The point is that the way Western officials lie to and propagandize the public is to first demand anonymity and then dispatch journalists to disseminate what they say without checking. That's what led to the Iraq War lies, along with outright lies like this. It's not journalism. https://t.co/BF0nIEeAKz — PolitiTweet.org

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@syedkhaleque https://t.co/Uxl4gN2ctu — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Historically, the worst and most dangerous decisions made in DC are ones where the establishment wings of both parties were in full consensus on war policies. That's what we have now (but with *zero* dissent on the DC left). This time, it's with the biggest nuclear-armed power. https://t.co/yAtBQhf5ot — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

So with almost no dissent on the US liberal-left, and most GOP (politicians and voters) in support of Biden's war policies, there are few places one can go to even hear war dissent: a few Fox shows, 6 or 7 dozen GOP Congress members, and the international populist right and left. — PolitiTweet.org

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In fact, we're now at the point where their leader, AOC, is not only voting to send tens of billions to Raytheon, Boeing and CIA "for Ukraine," but she's accusing anyone questioning or criticizing her of "spreading pro-Putin talking points." She already is David Frum. — PolitiTweet.org

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The reason for this silence is clear: they don't want to defend US war posture toward Ukraine because they know they'll sound exactly like Bill Kristol and John Brennan. But since *not one single Dem* has spoken out against this, they have no space, or permission, to oppose it. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

One of the most amazing things I've seen is the complete disappearance of this war from US left-liberal discourse. Other than a Chomsky video here and a rogue Jacobin writer there, this war basically doesn't exist in mainstream left US discourse. They have *nothing* to say. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

By Biden's own account, these actions have brought the world *closer to nuclear armageddon than at any time since 1962*. Shouldn't Congress at least openly debate and then vote on whether the US should be involved so extensively in this dangerous war?👇 https://t.co/t7702uUw0S — PolitiTweet.org

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It's always a bad sign when the US military starts embedding the largest media corporations to enable exciting war shots for the evening network news. Biden has done literally everything to make the US a belligerent in the war in Ukraine short of deploying full battalions there. — PolitiTweet.org

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@PigbirdJetFan @REWearmouth @NewStatesman Political, campaign, and NatSec officials are perfectly capable of speaking on their own. If the only point of journalism is to uncritically parrot what they say, that's not journalism: just acting as a spokespeople. Giving anonymity to disseminate false claims is even worse. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jriley8832 John Riley is a pedophile, sources say. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@DougHenwood I don't need to prove anything to utter zeroes like you, who couldn't find Brazil on a map with a gun to your head, but this is a major story by all accounts - reported in every Brazil news outlet for obvious reasons - and it will surpise nobody you don't know what journalism is. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

In the video posted by the ex-Congressman, he called one of the Supreme Court judges a "used whore" (rough translation). In response, the other Supreme Court judge ordered him arrested. He taped a video vowing to resist. There was a shootout at his home with the Federal Police. — PolitiTweet.org

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To add a bit more detail (see NYT articles above): one Supreme Court judge has been extremely aggressive in criminalizing pro-Bolsonoro politicians and bloggers, accusing them of plotting to overthrow democracy. This ex-Congressman violated an order not to use social medial. https://t.co/aOIV5kvfDM — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Disturbing scene in Brazil as a pro-Bolsonaro ex-Congressman, already ordered imprisoned at home by the judge referenced in the above NYT article, was ordered arrested by the same judge for insulting a different judge. He resisted, shot an officer, and is now taken to a hospital. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@gngrjc My credibility to opine on and arbitrate such matters probably has something to do with this: https://t.co/ak5mQ4s3NH — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

One more time, all together: The worst and most destructive sources of disinformation aren't 4Chan, FB groups or QAnon. It's the largest media corporations, which insist on the power to censor in the name of "disinformation": yes, protecting *their* disinformation from dissent. — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's the most notorious example of this corrupted journalistic practice in the last 5 years. It doesn't get enough attention. The Guardian added "sources say" only after the story was proven false. Their excuse now is: we won't retract it because sources *did* tell us this. https://t.co/hvthMgXHTB — PolitiTweet.org

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To be clear: this process isn't passive. They're not just mindless receptacles for false propaganda. They choose who they regard as Experts, *and who they don't,* based on who aligns with their ideology. Their core function is to serve as spokespeople for establishment power. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

This is exactly how most of them think: Our job is to go to those we regard as the Experts, the Elites, the Authorities, and then write down what they tell us to say: *without the slightest regard for whether it's true or not.* That's what produces destructive trash like this: https://t.co/x2FHHKxvQY — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Please show me a single tweet that encapsulates the rotted journalistic mindset that has done the most to destroy public trust in journalists -- deservedly so. Oh, thank you @REWearmouth, Deputy Politics Editor of the @NewStatesman, for such an usually explicit expression of it! https://t.co/kaHdRCoHgJ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @cliftonaduncan: @chrislhayes I think it's very hard to communicate to bourgeois, out of touch "professionals" just how savvy "median vo… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @teddyschleifer: NEW: How Pete Buttigieg became the new toast of Silicon Valley’s wealthiest donors. Here's a deep look at Buttigieg, M… — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The job of journalism, at its core, is to shine a light on, critique, and hold accountable the nation's most powerful actors. People who use the gigantic megaphones of NBC, CNN, the WPost obviously qualify. Of course employees of media corporations merit scrutiny and critique. — PolitiTweet.org

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As the hysteria forms over this, could someone *please offer the rationale for why it is permissible for @BrandyZadrozny to use the world's most powerful media corporation to target and expose citizens whose politics she dislikes, but it's a moral evil for others to critique her? — PolitiTweet.org