the intercept - corporate US mouthpiece

John Newman jnn at synfin.org
Sat Mar 25 11:08:45 PDT 2017



> On Mar 25, 2017, at 12:13 PM, Razer <g2s at riseup.net> wrote:
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> On 03/25/2017 08:40 AM, John Newman wrote:
>>> On Mar 24, 2017, at 7:08 PM, juan <juan.g71 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> https://theintercept.com/2017/03/24/apple-says-it-fixed-cia-vulnerabilities-years-ago/
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>>> 
>>> for people who haven't been paying attention, the majority of articles
>>> published by the intercept are garbage like the one linked above.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> one would think greenwald being the founder and editor has some kind of
>>> responsibility for and control over  the government propaganda he
>>> publishes.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> notice that the majority of comments on the article are rational and
>>> hostile to that sort of content - yet the intercept doesn't give a fuck
>>> 
>>> notice also that the 'progressive' 'lefty' intercept is actually a
>>> mouthpice for the flagship of american fascist corporatism, apple inc.
>>> Perhaps hardly surprising if one takes into account that the intercept
>>> is owned by paypal inc.
>>> 
>>> 
>> It seems to me Greenwald & co. used the Snowden revelations for
>> self-enrichment to a very large degree. I guess you can argue all
>> day long about their intentions, but there is no doubt the Snowden
>> shit has been a massive gravy train for the journalists involved….
>> 
>> Not to say I would have stories put back in the bottle, obviously :P
>> 
>> 
>>> 
> 
> 
> I'd say the Snowden Papers put The_Intercept on the
> continuation-of-publishing-viability 'gravy train' anyway. I haven't
> seen what @ggreenwald's tax returns look like so I have no way of
> judging his, or any of the staff's self-enrichment due to them.
> 
> This article
> <http://frostsnow.com/glenn-greenwald-s-net-worth-is-8-5-billion-know-about-his-career-and-awards>
> claims his net worth was $8.5 billion dollars in 2013, before the
> Snowden papers fell in his lap, so it would seem he just doesn't need
> the money that much to swing in his hammock down in Brasil, and he was
> the founding partner of a law firm, not a cheap proposition, so his
> wealth likely precedes his publishing career. Further, according to
> Wikipedia he did his BA in Philosophy at GWU... NOT an inexpensive
> school to take a non-career-path Baccalaureate, so it would seem wealth
> was in the family before he ever had a career.
> 
> Rr
> 


Interesting, I had no idea Greenwald was a BILLIONAIRE - presumably born that way?
Or born with a lot of money and turned into more with legal career?

In any case, changes my perspective a little. have to do some digging ;)

John
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