Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

"The Typhoid Mary of Disinformation": Nicolle Wallace. Nobody Spreads it More Relentlessly. https://t.co/5yBVWAXM45 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@WordBomb @NicolleDWallace @0rf https://t.co/BcBK9jSypo — PolitiTweet.org

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@Imlay901 https://t.co/XvHp1vkFVz — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

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@rgeckert If you're so brave, why haven't you heeded President Zelensky's calls to go to Ukraine and help them fight the Russian Army. You're willing to risk everyone else's life in a nuclear exchange but not your own to go fight. https://t.co/y4dcSsRJCr — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

From her days as a professional liar for the Bush/Cheney WH and campaign, now as a beloved-by-liberals MSNBC host, @NicolleDWallace has for two decades been the Typhoid Mary of Disinformation. Nobody spreads it more. Our mini-documentary will be up today. The trailer, by @0rf: https://t.co/gtj0wBeSHu — PolitiTweet.org

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@wischj Yes, for sure Jimmy is one example. There are others. But soon as they do, they get read out of the "left" and get called far right, precisely because they criticize the Squad/Bernie. I mean the ones in good standing among the Nice Soft Left. — PolitiTweet.org

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@GzelJoe He voted no. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ianbremmer It's really not true. So many bills have massive bipartisan support: every bill on Israel, for instance; the gigantic military budget itself; aid for Saudi Arabia & Egypt; renewal of the Patriot Act, etc. etc. Only the bills where there are partisan disputes get media attention. — PolitiTweet.org

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Has a single major progressive star or outlet that has said it is vehemently against the US role in Ukraine found the courage yet to criticize the entire Squad (and now Bernie) for voting YES to further involve the US in what is easily its most dangerous war in decades? — PolitiTweet.org

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Literally and indisputably true: https://t.co/5PwS0nq0mC — PolitiTweet.org

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If you want to see something remarkable, go read Bernie Sanders' op-ed in the Guardian from February as Russia was about to invade, where he warns about the grave dangers of exactly what he just voted to do. It's like 2 completely different people: https://t.co/zziomNBhFF — PolitiTweet.org

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Like in the House, every single Democratic Senator - and Bernie Sanders -- voted YES to send another $40b to Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and the CIA "for the war in Ukraine." That's $54b after just 11 weeks into this war. How much will it be after a year? All 11 NO votes were GOP: — PolitiTweet.org

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@Rob95764793 LOL. Yes, he does comport with the aesthetic of what a standard liberal thinks a smart person is supposed to look like. I'm just saying that, independent of this, he actually is smart. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Tom11624434 It's genuinely a good book. — PolitiTweet.org

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@RW_Bert You should try reading the book before commenting on it: a good idea in general. Chris was describing that the key to cognitive capture was the attributes of employment: your paycheck, all the time you spend there, the constant work with corporate bosses. I don't work for Fox. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Rob95764793 He is smart. That's what makes it sad to watch. — PolitiTweet.org

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When the book came out, I interviewed Hayes about it. I asked him: given you're about to get an MSNBC show, how do you plan to resist this "cognitive capture" since you say it's *inevitable*. His answer: I haven't thought about it. That I believe. https://t.co/rUfhylXMPJ https://t.co/X1AXBRjg1y — PolitiTweet.org

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In 2012, Hayes wrote a genuinely great book: "Twilight of the Elites." A key theme was "cognitive capture": no matter how smart or resistant you are, you will come to accept and defend the core values of any elite institution in which you immerse yourself. He became Exhibit A. — PolitiTweet.org

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If you're surprised @chrislhayes is one of the first TV personalities to leap to the defense of the partisan hack chosen by *Homeland Security* to decree what is "disinformation," it's only because you've not yet apprehended the core authoritarianism of current US liberalism: — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @briebriejoy: Corporate media establishment acolytes are furious they can’t “cancel” me bc I’m already independent. They’re also mad tha… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ApartmentWitch I only have good things to say about my work with Omidyar. I have no working relationship with Peter Thiel except that time his company had to publicly apologize after getting caught plotting to ruin my career over WikiLeaks. I don't work for Thiel. Beyond that: great tweet! — PolitiTweet.org

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@andrewwcar Maybe my understanding of his point comes from all the time I've spent with Chomsky -- the countless hours and events and dinners over the years -- discussing it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Thefarthests I'm not denying that media exposure helps bring attention to one's work. That's true of literally every person in any field. I'm saying that I've long had a very large readership long before I went on Fox, and it has never depended and still doesn't depend on TV appearances. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Cernovich @ZaidJilani Right. Manufacturing Consent was written when there were 3 networks owned by corporate giants. His argument was it's in their self-interest to demean, not promote, leftist economic and foreign policy. He has denounced recent liberal media narratives (Russiagate) but usually not. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Thefarthests LOL. It's amazing how much deep stupidity Twitter reveals. Prior to Substack, I worked at places like the Intercept and Guardian where I received a fixed salary. While the audience I had was likely a factor in that salary, it didn't increase or decrease based on readership size. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ZaidJilani Chomsky's model mostly applies to for-profit media corporations, not ostensible non-profits, which is what TI is. That changes the dynamic for him. And Chomsky obviously doesn't deny that some media outlets are formed around ideology or partisan adherence. He's aware of this. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Thefarthests It's easily and mathematically proven. I've had my own independent, large and portable audience since the second year after I began writing, which is why I've never needed to change my views to cater to or appease anyone. TV is a value for anyone, in any field, but unnecessary. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Thefarthests No. The majority of my income comes from Substack, which is the large and portable readership I've had since the beginning of my career. Going on Tucker's show does not result in any meaningful increase in subscribers; the only thing that does are articles I write that many read. — PolitiTweet.org