Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Last point: please remember these are the same people who insist that only they are responsible enough to be trusted with delivering the news and decreeing what is true and false, and that the peasant class must be censored. Decide for yourself if they've earned this status. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

(I should say: the most honorable participant in this was Del Real, who simply rose to suggest to Sonmez that perhaps publicly bashing colleagues, trying to get them fired and inciting hate mobs against them is childish and petty. He was predictably accused of misogyny for it).🤷‍♂️ — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

For those scoring the various victimhood points at home, among the starring marginalized actors in the WPost oppression drama, 2 are graduates of Harvard University (Sonmez and Del Real) while the other was raised in Greenwich, CT, and educated in Swiss boarding schools (Lorenz). — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

For those scoring the various victimhood points at home, among the staring marginalized actors in the WPost oppression drama, 2 are graduates of Harvard University (Sonmez and Del Real) while the other was raised in Greenwich, CT, and educated in Swiss boarding schools (Lorenz). — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

After WPost reporter @Feliciasonmez publicly accused multiple Post reporters and editors -- including @jdelreal -- of supporting misogyny against her, Del Real retorted that he was the only Mexican American on the national desk and also gay. Experts are tabulating the outcome.🧮 https://t.co/KmyZwwuwpc — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@016ca5f1 The DM was sent after publication of the article. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Perhaps it's also worth nothing: the *third* version of the lengthy, multi-pronged Correction appended to Taylor Lorenz's fairy tale -- now upgraded to "Editors' Note" -- still contains a blatant falsehood. Neither creator was contacted *before* publication, as even she admits: https://t.co/IAtfDWJYUj — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

If you're unemployed, a journalist facing prison or exile, or working in a de-industrialized town with no health care benefits and drowning in fentanyl ODs, spare some thoughts for the Real Victims: front page reporters at The WashPost enduring mean tweets from random critics.🙏 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Weekend drama at Robin D'Angelo Junior High -- also known as the national desk of The Washington Post -- gets better and better with each new melodramatic claim of victimhood, bitter public infighting among colleagues, and the race to see who ends up with most oppression points. https://t.co/FTw9xqodgT — PolitiTweet.org

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@ChwangJulian Your belief in the fairness and goodness of the US criminal justice system for those charged under the Espionage Act of 1917 would be cute and endearing if you were 6 years old. It is a repressive law designed to criminalize dissent and reporting. https://t.co/vyz57sY8el — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@ChwangJulian He was in Ecuador's embassy, not Peru's. And he was there because he received asylum from the left-wing Ecuadorians against US persecution. Maybe you should learn basic facts before cheering Jeff Sessions and Mike Pompeo's prosecution of a journalist for exposing US war crimes. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

RT @davidmirandario: Domingão maravilhoso com meus amores ❤️ https://t.co/pQEn2mvUlR — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@soukeynesiano @davidmirandario Assim vc vai sempre ser bem-vindo na nossa casa! Obrigado. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@ArjSingh92 Are you really this stupid? I obviously didn't say that no Post reporters have ever faced real persecution. I said the ones who constantly manufacture cheap drama about trivial victimhood such as mean tweets from random people haven't, which is why they need to manufacture it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@TanaGaneva My criticisms of TI are all reflective of the corruption of the editorial mission it was supposed to have, which I happen to know and care about because I co-created it on the back of my name and work. I don't care about your views on that, only the falsity of your inital claim. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@RoibearddeUna I was wary for that reason, too, but was pleasantly surprised that, with the exception of a few minutes at the end - quite minimal - they resisted the temptation to exploit Carlin to push their own political views on modern-day political controversies. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@LouieandGus Exactly: there were a few minutes at the very end where the directors commandeered Carlin's words in service of their own political agenda on current-day controversies, but it was minimal: way less than I expected and way less than is customary for art or journalism now. — PolitiTweet.org

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@TanaGaneva Because one has an obligation to one's newsroom colleagues who work at the same place you work to resolve differences privately, not elevating workplace disagreements to public controversy. Once you leave, they become like any other media outlet: fair game for public critique. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Fscottdlg You have no examples, just vacant assertions. That's because I've faced real persecution for my journalism - the last time a 126-felony count from the Brazilian Govt for my reporting in 2020 - so I know the difference between that and mean tweets from random Twitter critics. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@TanaGaneva For all the time I was at the Intercept (and Salon & the Guardian before that), I never attacked or criticized any colleagues publicly. I voiced any dissatisfaction I had directly to them, which is what mature people do. I criticized senior editors publicly only after I left. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

A gigantic amount of the time and energy of privileged employees at the largest and most powerful media corporations is devoted to concocting melodramatic, self-absorbed narratives where they cast themselves as marginalized victim, while real journalists confront real persecution https://t.co/sF4ESypcMR — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Post reporters are some of the planet's most privileged people. But since victimhood is cultural Gold in their twisted world, and they never face real persecution, they have to elevate mean tweets to a national scandal so they can always demand that your pity be lavished on them. — PolitiTweet.org

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So typical: WP reporter @feliciasonmez is now on her 3rd straight day of publicly bashing her own colleagues. She pressured the Post to publicly malign @daveweigel as "reprehensible", forced him to repeatedly apologize, now is attacking another WP reporter for politely objecting. https://t.co/m1LCmaIaBH — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

I highly recommend the new HBO documentary about George Carlin, a deeply complex and influential figure. The politics of the film's directors are not mine but they did a commendable job of largely letting Carlin speak for himself without commandeering him. Well worth watching. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@timgill924 I know what Julian and Stella think of the work I've done on Julian's case and that matters to me infinitely more than a pathetic academic loser like you who has been trying for months to beg for my attention to find purpose and relevance. You are empty and pointless in all ways — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@timgill924 @sk_el_eton I spent years doing everything possible, both publicly and privately, to agitate and advocate for his pardon and came very close to achieving it, while pointless losers like you whined about my use of Fox for it. You're a completely irrelevant academic and this is all projection. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @krystalball: Too perfect that @taylorlorenz mocks the lack of journalistic standards for youtubers in an article where she blatantly li… — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Assange has broken more vital, historic stories than all his media-critics combined. That's why they hate him and why he's in prison: because he's a real journalist who challenges, not serves, establishment power. The US/UK have no press freedom credibility until he's released — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

One of this century's most influential, pioneering and important Western journalists, Julian Assange, is now in his fourth year of imprisonment in a high-security UK prison because the US and UK want to imprison him for life on espionage charges under a repressive 1917 law. https://t.co/Dumz6qQoVQ — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The lengthy, multiple-pronged Washington Post correction on Lorenz's story itself still contains a major lie:👇👇 https://t.co/EFRwaX7vr0 — PolitiTweet.org