Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@DrTandtheLg @DMill3984 Yes, they can, but I've never seen a sophisticated business party in my life think that their first offer would be the last. When someone offers a payment in an initial term sheet, it almost always increases. Maybe DW is lying and this would be the one exception. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@JohnnyReno Hakeem Jeffries already does that, along with almost all members of the US Congress. Why do you need me to do, too? I'm happy I'm capable of seeing the world without reference to the moral framework used for 7-year-old's cartoons. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@saulwright2020 @BridgetPhetasy DW clearly thought Crowder's audience is big and young enough that they would not only earn back the $50m or $100m they ended up paying but would also make a profit from it. I have no idea if that's a correct business analysis. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@HeKS44364823 I haven't heard Crowder's entire video, only some - again, that's why I emphasized I'm not arbitratating who was right and wrong - but DW had a decent response to this, but I also would reject any effort to penalize me for Big Tech censorship. I agree that's bad on principle. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@dkupiecki LOL, exactly. I don't know what they think they're gaining by including clauses they know nobody will accept and that many will find offensive. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@BridgetPhetasy Also, the CEO of DW said explicitly they knew that $75m figure would have to go up. That was just the minimum offer they made to get the talks started, "to get in the door." He pretty much said they were prepared to spend $100m over 6 years. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@terrybythebay @TheFarYeast The first draft that I heard from the CEO of DW said that Crowder was responsible for the production costs of the daily projects (his podcast) and the monthly ones, but DW would pay for the annual documentaries. But again: it was all negotiable. It was a first draft. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@terrybythebay @TheFarYeast The first draft that I heard from the CEO of DW said that Crowder was responsible for the production costs of the daily projects (his projects) and the monthly ones, but DW would pay for the annual documentaries. But again: it was all negotiable. It was a first draft. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@jxallen Yeah, I just don't know enough about the personalities involved (or, honestly, care enough) to opine on who behaved well or not. Certainly seemed premature to me to classify a $50m contract as "slavery" before negotiating it but I'd rather avoid the personal disputes. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@BridgetPhetasy LOL. I know you and I have both talked about how some of these control and ownership provisions can be onerous but a) it sounded like it was all negotiable and b) it's a tad tone-deaf to complain to your audience that *you're in slavery* when given a $50 million contract. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@dkupiecki Yeah, as a lawyer, I really tried to avoid writing one-sided drafts even though I knew they'd be negotiated because it can unwittingly offend and poison the climate. Even now, I get first drafts knowing the lawyer game and sometimes I react poorly to abusive or extreme clauses. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@trader_canuck Yeah, that's the sense I get, too. He is thriving and happy being independent. Some of the grievances were a bit melodramatized, I'd say, and some were just misunderstandings of the lawyer language, but for sure he's doing fine independently and seems to want to keep that. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@LGClaret Are you saying Crowder or DW leaked it? I sympathize with some of Crowder's complaints about how some of these deals are structured but a) it was all negotiable, b) you give up a lot when you're guaranteed $50m for 4 years and c) going public without negotiating seemed premature. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@DMill3984 No: it was proposed as a 4 year deal for $50m, with another $25m for two years if DW wanted to extend it. But the CEO of DW made clear they knew that was just the minimum offer to get the talks started, and they'd have to go much higher to sign (he said up to $100m perhaps). — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@PeterTheTool LOL. I put observations 3 and 4 in the next tweet. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@TheFarYeast All of that seemed negotiable, but they know Crowder historically wants to control his productions. Many creator deals are now for huge amounts but with them bearing production costs. DW would pay costs of big projects. And in the context of $100m, production costs are minimal. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

3) When lawyers write harsh, one-sided first drafts because they expect it will all be negotiated, it often inadvertently poisons relationships between people ready to do deals. 4) It's not hard to understand why corporate media employees are so bitter. https://t.co/IgnGFEq6nf — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Don't care about the personal conflicts here but it's interesting for 4 reasons: 1) That Daily Wire was prepared to give Crowder $100m over 6 years shows what a behemoth DW, for better or worse, has become: a major media player. 2) It shows Crowder's audience is young and huge. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Interesting, given that this was done by acclimation among House Dems: GUARDIAN: "Hakeem Jeffries’ likely elevation set to please US pro-Israel groups" https://t.co/ekqzSDcBHL https://t.co/VFQqrqM0lC — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@FistedFoucault @ZaidJilani You have no idea how many times I've said this in the last 9 months. He'll just accuse you of hating America, the ultimate nonsequitor. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Strech_not They're not. That's my point. Matt Walsh is trying to use what looks to be a repugnant case of a gay couple having abused their adopted children, and wants to exploit this horrific case to say gay men should be barred from adopting. So let's apply this logic to everyone. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@lifeiselethal Why aren't they also looking at how many straight couples and heterosexual men molest and sexually abuse children? Do you - for some odd reason - find that not to be disturbing? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

This couple became famous in part for adopting or fostering many young, black kids from Rio's poorest areas. Many were molested. What does this tell us about right-wing, straight religious couples? Nothing. Only about them. There's a new HBO doc on it: https://t.co/jZTRT6O07G — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

By the way - since we're on the topic - a famous Brazilian evangelical singer, Flordelis, elected to Congress with a right-wing party, was found guilty of ordering her adopted children to murder her pastor-husband. Turns out many kids there were molested. https://t.co/Gn94MRWUnJ — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@ZaidJilani There's nothing anti-American except in your imagination. What matters is what those who control the Russian nukes think. They're telling you right here what they think. Some may be willing to trifle with their kids' lives on your knowing better. I'm not: https://t.co/aXo9QAhCue — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@ZaidJilani It doesn't matter what you think is as an existential threat to Russia. It matters what Moscow thinks. And their perceptions are based on centuries of in-depth knowledge of the region's political, religious and cultural complexities. Even if you know best, they control the nukes. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

True, and this will conclude my tennis commentary for the day: https://t.co/gjM93ut15o — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The internet giveth all: https://t.co/8A8A9h8XcJ — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Andy Murray's second consecutive 5-hour, come-from-2-sets-behind, 5-set victory at the Australian Open -- at the age of 35, with a metal hip -- is genuinely amazing. But that on-court interview in front of thousands of fans and a global TV audience was quite a way to end it.🤣 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Just saw the most awkward interview ever after Andy Murray's 6-hour, 5-set win at the Australian Open: Interviewer: How did you do that? Murray: I have a big heart. I: That's not all that's big on you. Everything is. M: Not sure my wife agrees with that. *15 seconds of silence* — PolitiTweet.org