Glen Greenwald Resigns From Intercept
About six years ago I discovered “The Intercept” and the journalist on the left whom I considered one of the very few, maybe the only, real journalist remaining in that progressive (left) part of the journalistic spectrum.
Glen was to me “the best investigative journalist” of his time and place. He never disappointed me.
Glen co-founded “the Intercept” with two other journalists. His agreement with them may have included boilerplate language found in such contracts which state that editors are permitted to “edit” author’s work and submitted work can not be published elsewhere.
Apparently, the recent revelations (theTony Bobulinski documents and witness statements) about candidate Joe Biden’s history of working for himself and the Biden family in China, Ukraine and elsewhere to sell influence and access, while in office on the taxpayers dime drawing the salary of a VPOTUS attracted the attention of Glen Greenwald. The Bobulinski revelations were too much of a story for honest journalist Glen Greenwald to ignore.
Unlike the entire USA media world (aside from Fox News and the NY Post and a few others )US media have studiously ignored or sat on this story of corruption in high places by a candidate who seems in some polls likely to be our next president.
Glen apparently wrote a piece on the scandal swirling around Joe and the Biden family self-enrichment schemes to take huge sums of “pay to play” money from Chinese and Ukrainian oligarchs seeking influence on Washington. . But Glen’s “editor partners” at the Intercept were unwilling to publish it as written, and were fearful of breaking the great gray wall of silence erected by the media industry to protect this candidate from embarrassing, unethical revelations or answering probing questions. Instead these “journos” some of whom may have become an “accessory after the fact” (an accomplice to crime) by conspiring with Biden to hide his corrupt past. For the “fake news” media no stories which could in any way advantage President Trump can ever be published. This is America?
Glen tried to publish, but was stymied by the legal constraints of his contract. But instead of submission to censorship, he courageously resigned. Kudos Glen. I wish him great success in any future ventures.
I sought out the Intercept for the article documenting Glen’s departure In this piece the purveyors of fake fake news, “the editors”, slime Mr Greewald as posing as a victim, characterizing him as a juvenile, throwing a tantrum, etc. They attempt to smear an honest journalist, as they hide a real news story that real journalists would be eager to put their name to, as they perform the responsible duty of a legitimate Fourth Estate —to truthfully inform the people.
Below see excerpt from: the 10.29-2020 article in the Intercept, Glen Greenwsld Resigns” .
“The narrative Glenn presents about his departure is teeming with distortions and inaccuracies — all of them designed to make him appear as a victim, rather than a grown person throwing a tantrum. It would take too long to point them all out here, but we intend to correct the record in time. For now, it is important to make clear that our goal in editing his work was to ensure that it would be accurate and fair. While he accuses us of political bias, it was he who was attempting to recycle the dubious claims of a political campaign — the Trump campaign — and launder them as journalism.”!
This above l is what goes for journalism today but is more representative of the propaganda sheets of East Germany during the Cold War years. This episode is a microcosm of the sad state of our nation’s media co-conspirators with corrupt politicians.
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