Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@HerderGreg @TiloJung Because I think it's a well-made film worth seeing, and because journalists typically promote the interviews and appearances they do, especially independent journalists who don't have large corporations they work for who do that promotion for them. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@danhalcyon The damage Bill Kristol has done to the world by being one of the primary advocates and architects of the propaganda for the Iraq War, to say nothing of all the other wars he's helped sell, is vastly greater than anything Jones has done, yet he's routinely interviewed weekly. — PolitiTweet.org

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@daviddurbin Yes, I was asked to attend the film's debut, speak about the film, and interview Jones. I said yes both because I found the filmmaker's last documentary outstanding, and believe this film is also thought-provoking and well produced. — PolitiTweet.org

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@aaronjmate @adamdavidson Oh yeah, he's one of the more hysterical and conspiratorial #Resistance cartoons in media, which is obviously saying something. There's no Russiagate fraud or Trump-the-dictator tale that he didn't completely fall for without questioning. — PolitiTweet.org

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@daviddurbin A film has just been made about Alex Jones. The reason is he has a giant audience of people who listen to him. That's the same reason he's been interviewed by countless major media outlets around the world, from NBC to BBC. The liberal obsession with "platforming" is simply dumb — PolitiTweet.org

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@gregwells3 I don't think and didn't imply that he censored me or tried to censor me, you fucking imbecile. I was pointing out that journalists have become the leading advocates of internet censorship as a way of keeping the public captive to their content that nobody trusts any longer. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Employees of media corporations which employ the propagandists who lied the country into the war in Iraq, whose newsrooms are filled with trained liars from the US Security State, and who routinely feature war criminals, have strong opinions on who can and cannot be interviewed. — PolitiTweet.org

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@danhalcyon Is Bill Kristol, Dick Cheney, and Joy Reid also on this list of do-not-engage-crazy who journalists must not interview? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Arbitrary_user @adammpark @adamdavidson What about Bill Kristol and Dick Cheney and David Frum and John Brennan. Are they OK for journalists to interview? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@RealWingsBones @adamdavidson You're evidently unable to follow your own advice. But no matter how much you wish it weren't true, the impact and reach of my journalism only grows, in large part because nobody trusts corporate media. — PolitiTweet.org

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@danhalcyon Alex Jones has long been a frequent guest on Joe Rogan's program. Is Bill Kristol, Dick Cheney, and Joy Reid also on this list of do-not-engage-crazy who journalists must not interview? — PolitiTweet.org

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@CaptKickstand Yes, remember when Joe Rogan convinced millions of Americans to support an invasion of Iraq by telling them Saddam Hussein had nuclear weapons, and then followed it up by telling them that the Kremlin had seized control of the US through blackmail power over the President? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@adamdavidson Your proclamation to ignore me didn't even last 24 hours. I didn't say you were censoring me. You lack that power, and all power. I said censorship and decrees of blacklisting are among the tools corporate journalists use to try desperately to regain their lost status. — PolitiTweet.org

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@KostjaMarschke @KungFuCommie I critique whoever wields influence and who I believe merits critique, especially when and if few others are voicing that critique. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@heen123 Maybe you should avoid judging and condemning interviews you haven't yet seen. Did you actually need me to explain this concept to you? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@TiloJung You completely invented that. The event is the debut of a film about Jones by a filmmaker whose last film I found excellent. They asked me to attend to speak about the film and interview Jones. It's an interview, just like the ones you conduct of all sorts of people. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@heen123 I continue to be amazed by the number of liberals who think that journalists should not interview people disliked by liberals. When did people like you get trained to think this way? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The word "fringe" here is also telling. Corporate journalists regard Joe Rogan as "fringe" even though the audience which listens to and trusts him is roughly 10,000 greater than theirs. But they don't count since it's only ordinary people. Only DC journalists/politicians count. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@KungFuCommie Media critiques and attacks on corporate journalists have been a central part of what I've done since I began writing, since I view corporate media as a powerful actor that merits scrutiny like all others. My doing this never precluded doing investigative journalism as well. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@TiloJung So you give yourself license to interview bad people with influence but demand that no other journalists do that? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@adammpark @adamdavidson Who are the people journalists are and are not allowed to interview? Would it be OK if I interviewed Bill Kristol or Dick Cheney? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@amish_but @adamdavidson I was going to point out that a disproportionate percentage of corporate journalists who attack me are in this exact range of physical appearance but decided to omit it. But it is true, and seems uncoincidental. https://t.co/raEwHxBW9y — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@gregwells3 I don't know if English is your first language, but I was pointing out that decrees of exclusion and censorship are among the tools corporate journalists use to try to eliminate those with more trust and influence than they so that they can reclaim their status. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@TiloJung Why did you interview a Ukrainian official who worships a Nazi? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@RickRosendall @adamdavidson @BGrueskin I was the featured speaker at numerous ACLU events, including its national convention, not just that one. — PolitiTweet.org

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@qhardy @adamdavidson @Snowden Do you feel that someone may do that to you one day? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@KungFuCommie I did this two years ago. Adam Davidson never has. https://t.co/U4x7xdujFU — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

What do obscure and unaccomplished failures like @adamdavidson fantasize will happen when they issue these decrees? The huge audience we have, that they never had, will hear it and think: "oh god, Adam Davidson said we shouldn't pay attention to him any more so we better stop?"😂 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The liberal wing of corporate media is collapsing: deservedly. Their audience is disappearing and nobody trusts them. The only sector of media that's growing is independent journalism. So look at this desperation: using censorship and decrees to demand they keep their status. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Liberal corporate journalists still have no clue how despised and therefore impotent they are. Even the ones with no journalistic accomplishments somehow believe they still wield the power to decree who should and shouldn't be listened to, and who must be blacklisted. — PolitiTweet.org