Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@logicanumerous 👍 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Thefarthests It would apply to me if I worked for Peter Thiel or a corporation that he owned, or if my income depended on him in any way. None of these things apply to me not because I'm immune but because I have no working relationship with Peter Thiel or any entity he owns or controls. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@69MajorTom @HerderGreg @CuateBoliviano Explain to me what Peter Thiel's relationship to Rumble is and what control he exercises over it, and then explain Rumble's relationship to me. — PolitiTweet.org

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@TonyBiasotti @crampell A hallmark of an extremely stupid and dull person with no critical thinking skills is to believe that Noam Chomsky - one of the most cited and influential scholars of the 20th Century - is just some college freshman fad: like the imbeciles who believe that about Nietzsche. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Mock_Fu @petersagal @crampell I've never been paid by Fox, MSNBC or CNN for any of the many times I've appeared on those networks, precisely because working for them changes the relationship from independence to dependence. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JournalistsLike It's completely exhilarating. The life I hoped for when I was 25 is the one I have: complete with a long-term marriage that only grows each year, kids I live, and work that is nothing but a passion and cause for me. I almost never feel exhausted. — PolitiTweet.org

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@RehbellOne Chomsky wrote one of the most influential and best-selling books in the 20th Century on media corporations and how they work and the propaganda model they rely on. He's taught it at major academic institutions. I think he knows a bit about the subject. — PolitiTweet.org

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@HerderGreg @CuateBoliviano I don't think your IQ is above 60 since what you just said makes no sense whatsoever. The vast majority of my income comes from my readers, not any employer, and they are ideologically diverse and thus know I will often vehemently disagree with many of their core beliefs. — PolitiTweet.org

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@scottjblair LOL — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Thefarthests I don't work for Peter Thiel or any outlet that he owns or controls, and I never have. He has no ability to influence me. If you're talking about Rumble, he's a minority investor with no control, but even if he owned it outright, Rumble is a small portion of my income. — PolitiTweet.org

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@CuateBoliviano The CEO and majority shareholder of Rumble is a Canadian liberal. Does it seem as if he's influencing my views? Do I routinely praise liberals and their orthodoxies? 🤣 The vast majority of my income comes from my readers, a very ideologically diverse group (always has been true) — PolitiTweet.org

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@logicanumerous I explained exactly that in this thread. I know precisely what Chomsky meant here and other times he's said it. I've talked to him about it. And you're basically right, and I explained that. — PolitiTweet.org

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On a not-unrelated note: corporate journalists always close ranks -- defending one another -- the minute this critique is voiced because they're all in it together. Here's NPR's @PeterSagal and others telling WP's @crampell that outsider-critics like Sirota are unworthy trash: https://t.co/55eZOqlDKm — PolitiTweet.org

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Barney Frank was a sleazy and corporate-enslaved politician, but for that reason, and because he was around DC for so long, he knew how DC corporate journalists work. Here's what he told NPR about politicians denying that their donors shape their votes: https://t.co/2EycZomvlP https://t.co/aqRcp5W6GR — PolitiTweet.org

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@ZaidJilani It's hard to distinguish what someone "really believes" from what they know they have to say to keep their otherwise-unavailable huge salary. Senior editors at TI could never get anywhere close to their Pierre-salaries. But it only changed once he started being vocal on politics. — PolitiTweet.org

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Everyone who works at the WPost or any other huge media corporation knows the limits on what they can get away with saying. Of course some dissent happens: good for branding and appearances. But overt censorship isn't needed: they only hire those already well inside the lines. — PolitiTweet.org

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At the Intercept, Pierre Omidyar never interfered in the editorial process. He never told anyone what they couldn't say. But he became a fanatical, vocal Russiagater and #NeverTrumper, so senior editors - desperate to keep their huge salaries - hired writers to echo his views. — PolitiTweet.org

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Of course Bezos, like most owners of major media corporations, doesn't pick up the phone or write emails telling journalists what to say. He doesn't need to. Everyone knows what the taboo ideas are and the pieties they must affirm. Large corporations only hire those who conform. — PolitiTweet.org

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The typical denial from corporate journalists that they're totally free to say whatever they want and operate with no constraints - because they never get memos ordering them what to say - is such a naïve and even infantile way of understanding how corporate power works. Chomsky: https://t.co/gKv8Hwdx6O — PolitiTweet.org

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@VivekGRamaswamy Exactly. And I still want to know what possible work the Department of Homeland Security can legitimately conduct when it comes to decreeing what is and is not "disinformation." — PolitiTweet.org

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For starkly revealing the unbearable absurdity of US discourse over the past 3 months -- and the people who leading it -- I never imagined anything could surpass this surreal and dizzying Fox moment with Condoleezza Rice. Yet George Bush blew past it: https://t.co/JAIeGBcrs4 — PolitiTweet.org

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This captures the absurdity and deceit of our current discourse so completely and fully that it's hard to believe it actually happened. It's so rare for perfection this pure to materialize. The universe is speaking loudly here. Appreciate what it just provided: — PolitiTweet.org

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Starting now! — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

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@ajwimsatt @vonbrauckmann @elonmusk You're absolutely right. Trying hard to have more complex discussions on Callin, in deep-dive video reports on Rumble, in long-form journalism on Substack, rather than the distortion-chamber of Twitter. Not always succeeding! But trying. — PolitiTweet.org

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@guygiberson @jonathanchait It did manifest many times. Numerous examples of people killing in the name of anti-police hatred or a view that murder is necessary to combat white supremacy. The Scalise shooting was a perfect example: a Maddow-worshipping Dem targeting GOP lawmakers: https://t.co/90dFTbCA8Z — PolitiTweet.org

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@DylanLeigh03 Like this, as but one example: https://t.co/x5iwBFc5Gl — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@jonathanchait Your view that Trump and his GOP allies are traitorous Kremlin agents, white nationalists, fascists, and eager to overthrow US democracy and replace it with racist tyranny is also inherently conducive to extremism. Violence isn't irrational for those who you convince of that. — PolitiTweet.org

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@2ndalexhiggins @44lomba @RichSandersen @jonathanchait LOL. Other than those little things, he sucks. One day I hope to reach the towering heights of journalistic accomplishments where Chait and only a small handful of other giants reside. https://t.co/EYqIe8LqNP — PolitiTweet.org

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@richgjaci @getcallin He's been on the cover of NY Magazine with his conspiracy theories and on MSNBC. So many have heard his rantings. But Maddow surely does, and the Scalise shooter proclaimed his lover for her and was driven 100% by her core views. https://t.co/u57Fw2J4C7 — PolitiTweet.org