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In reply to the discussion: Greenwald now says Snowden's email is irrelevant after calling it the "biggest news" one day ago [View all]
Cha
(296,893 posts)84. I dunno.. maybe both equally. I do know that Snowden's Lies are nothing to "yawn" about..
The 13 Most Bizarre Things from Edward Snowden’s NBC News Interview
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Last night, while watching Brian Williams’ interview with Ed Snowden, I actually agreed with Glenn Greenwald about something. Back in 2012, Greenwald referred to Williams as “NBC News’ top hagiographer,” using “his reverent, soothing, self-important baritone” to deliver information in its “purest, most propagandistic, and most subservient form.”
It’s worth noting at the outset that Greenwald flew all the way to Moscow specifically for the NBC News interview, and he appeared on camera with Snowden and Williams, answering questions from this so-called “hagiographer.”
When GG called Brian Williams NBC News' top hagiographer
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1) Snowden claimed he has “no relationship” with the Russian government and that he’s “not supported” by it. That’s odd, given how the Russian government has twice offered him asylum and one of his lawyers, Anatoly Kucherena, is an attorney with the Russian intelligence agency, the FSB (formerly the KGB). Tell me again why anyone should trust this guy?
2) “Sometimes to do the right thing you have to break a law.” So it’s really up to each of us individually to decide whether our own interpretation of “doing the right thing” necessitates breaking the law? A lot of awful things have occurred with that exact justification. Also, what if NSA feels the same way, Ed?
4) Early on, Snowden said, “I’m not a spy.” Later he famously confessed to being “trained as a spy.” Huh?
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12) “People have unfairly demonized the NSA to a point that is too extreme.” Why is Snowden an apologist for the surveillance state? Drooling! Vast!
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"Ultimately, Snowden is his own worst enemy and his ongoing ability to say crazy things in a calm, collected voice continues. What’s abundantly clear at this point is that no one will ever land an interview with Snowden who will be as adversarial against the former NSA contractor as Greenwald has been in his own reporting in defense of Snowden. It’ll never happen."
MOre Shite from Snowden..
http://thedailybanter.com/2014/05/13-bizarre-things-edward-snowdens-nbc-news-interview/
snip///
Last night, while watching Brian Williams’ interview with Ed Snowden, I actually agreed with Glenn Greenwald about something. Back in 2012, Greenwald referred to Williams as “NBC News’ top hagiographer,” using “his reverent, soothing, self-important baritone” to deliver information in its “purest, most propagandistic, and most subservient form.”
It’s worth noting at the outset that Greenwald flew all the way to Moscow specifically for the NBC News interview, and he appeared on camera with Snowden and Williams, answering questions from this so-called “hagiographer.”
When GG called Brian Williams NBC News' top hagiographer
snip//
1) Snowden claimed he has “no relationship” with the Russian government and that he’s “not supported” by it. That’s odd, given how the Russian government has twice offered him asylum and one of his lawyers, Anatoly Kucherena, is an attorney with the Russian intelligence agency, the FSB (formerly the KGB). Tell me again why anyone should trust this guy?
2) “Sometimes to do the right thing you have to break a law.” So it’s really up to each of us individually to decide whether our own interpretation of “doing the right thing” necessitates breaking the law? A lot of awful things have occurred with that exact justification. Also, what if NSA feels the same way, Ed?
4) Early on, Snowden said, “I’m not a spy.” Later he famously confessed to being “trained as a spy.” Huh?
snip//
12) “People have unfairly demonized the NSA to a point that is too extreme.” Why is Snowden an apologist for the surveillance state? Drooling! Vast!
snip//
"Ultimately, Snowden is his own worst enemy and his ongoing ability to say crazy things in a calm, collected voice continues. What’s abundantly clear at this point is that no one will ever land an interview with Snowden who will be as adversarial against the former NSA contractor as Greenwald has been in his own reporting in defense of Snowden. It’ll never happen."
MOre Shite from Snowden..
http://thedailybanter.com/2014/05/13-bizarre-things-edward-snowdens-nbc-news-interview/
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Greenwald now says Snowden's email is irrelevant after calling it the "biggest news" one day ago [View all]
Cali_Democrat
May 2014
OP
So because another website also described Glenn Greenwald's hilarious contradiction,
Cali_Democrat
May 2014
#33
Actually a comment at the end of an article I was reading while crusing google news...
Cali_Democrat
May 2014
#42
Why is it their exclusive story when anyone in the world could have seen these quotes
pnwmom
May 2014
#81
Enrique is the one who's been trolling RW sites. There's no evidence Cali has been.
pnwmom
May 2014
#48
Sorry, once is enough. If there's something specific you're talking about, tell me. n/t
pnwmom
May 2014
#61
I did talk about it. You weren't able to get it. Have a nice weekend.
DisgustipatedinCA
May 2014
#73
Don't sweat it. Guess who else used to be a card carrying Republican. Elizabeth Warren, the one...
Tarheel_Dem
May 2014
#94
Interesting post! I have to admit that I was also unaware that the mission of LGF had changed
Number23
May 2014
#101
Yeah, the guy who runs it went and got saved and switched sides in 2009.
DisgustipatedinCA
May 2014
#75
Uh oh. Now you've REALLY earned the scorn of the Greenwaldians. Of course GG says he had politcal
Tarheel_Dem
May 2014
#80
Early on, I objected to Greenwald's obvious ignorance re technology,
Benton D Struckcheon
May 2014
#2
LOL. Of course that is expected of a proven liar. The PTL Club won't mind tho. n/t
Whisp
May 2014
#3
How embarrassing, or shameless, to post links that prove the untruthfulness of your own claims.
woo me with science
May 2014
#140
EXHIBIT A of the diversion & twisting to mislead that has become so familiar from the NSA Defense.
woo me with science
May 2014
#144
Yes, it is. I saw it, and it's a misread. It also has nothing to do with the point I made. n/t
ProSense
May 2014
#72
Did you notice that Glenn Greenwald referenced a DUer in his twitter feed?
Cali_Democrat
May 2014
#7
Oh come on, how 'bout for those of us who don't tweet? The curiosity is killin' us.
Tarheel_Dem
May 2014
#40
GG=Sheister. Once an ambulance chaser, always an ambulance chaser. I'll bet Pierre is spending....
Tarheel_Dem
May 2014
#69
when is he going to release the names ? and isn't there some other big thing he says that still
JI7
May 2014
#9
people are upset, they made a huge thing out of all of this but the actual things that come out
JI7
May 2014
#19
Sibel Edmonds says you DO NOT want to stir up GG's devotees. She's, obviously, had some brushes....
Tarheel_Dem
May 2014
#43
tell us something we don't know....there is some of that kind of creepy right here on DU!
VanillaRhapsody
May 2014
#157
And they have absolutely no sense of irony. Apparently, all his detractors are "paid".
Tarheel_Dem
May 2014
#159
I have an idea of his DU name, but won't say aloud. Nasty, horrible, thin skinned,
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2014
#177
Ty for pointing out that the OP is yet another attempt to identify inconsistency where none exists.
Vattel
May 2014
#17
Well Nance, sometimes in the haze of committing crimes, you can't expect to remember everything.
Tarheel_Dem
May 2014
#99
Cause Snowden is a super cracker (tt) , he'll crack a file and store it in his cerebral cortex !!!
uponit7771
May 2014
#167
No 'hero' uses this amount of sophistry during just normal questioning... they're full of crap
uponit7771
May 2014
#168
Ummm, fuckin no Snowden said he DID invoke proper channels.. he fuckin lied... PERIOD
uponit7771
May 2014
#166
this is like Benghazi when republicans go on about "why didn't he call it terrrosim"
JI7
May 2014
#11
I'm neutral on Greenwald -- disagree with some things; agree with others.
WorseBeforeBetter
Jun 2014
#192
That's fine. I agree with green footballs on some things and not on others.
Cali_Democrat
Jun 2014
#193
just like some of greenwald's previous views on immigration and the war on terror disgust me....
Cali_Democrat
Jun 2014
#195
The NSA did not say they had no emails, they said they had no email that documented concerns
karynnj
May 2014
#121
GG trying to keep himself relevant.. like when he "expertly previewed the 2012 election"..
Cha
May 2014
#28
My dear Cha, you find the most interesting stuff on the internetz. How did I miss that gem?
Tarheel_Dem
May 2014
#32
LOL...the look on Joy Reid's face as Greenwald was rambling on about Benghazi...
Cali_Democrat
May 2014
#154
GG is his own worst enemy like ES. Have you seen this?.. It's like this guy read my mind!
Cha
May 2014
#155
Only people who hate Obama and view him as the enemy suggest that Benghazi involves wrongdoing
stevenleser
Jun 2014
#171
LMAO! This is what happens when you twist facts to fit theories instead of vice-versa.
stevenleser
Jun 2014
#169
You were, perhaps, expecting consistency from GG? GG's motto: 'If it don't make money, it don't....
Tarheel_Dem
May 2014
#29
You mean like the folks who have pet billionaires? That the kind of "funding" you mean?
Tarheel_Dem
May 2014
#64
GG and ES are Liars.. and we're suppose to "yawn" because their "Fan Club" says so..
Cha
May 2014
#49
I dunno.. maybe both equally. I do know that Snowden's Lies are nothing to "yawn" about..
Cha
May 2014
#84
If you enjoy anyone's 'apoplexy', you may have deeper problems than you imagine.
randome
May 2014
#138
Ah, agreement is so much more pleasant than batting our heads against each other!
randome
Jun 2014
#196
