the intercept - corporate US mouthpiece

[Razer]

On 03/25/2017 11:39 AM, John Newman wrote:
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>> On Mar 25, 2017, at 2:22 PM, Razer <g2s at riseup.net> wrote:
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>>> On 03/25/2017 11:08 AM, John Newman wrote:
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>>>> 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.
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>>>>>> one would think greenwald being the founder and editor has some kind of
>>>>>> responsibility for and control over  the government propaganda he
>>>>>> publishes.
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>>>>>> 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.
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>>>>> 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
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>>>>>
>>>> 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
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>>> 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?
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>>> In any case, changes my perspective a little. have to do some digging ;)
>>>
>>> John
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>> He certainly doesn't flaunt his wealth. I'm perhaps a little skeptical
>> of the $8.5 billion figure but on the other hand net worth is an
>> interesting calculation that can include intangibles and such.
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>> I think he was born into money. Wikipedia lists his parent's names but
>> they don't have entries on site so it would take some digging to come up
>> with biographical information.
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>> Rr
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> The article actually says 8.5 Million in the body of the piece -
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> "As per Forbes estimation in 2013, 49 year old Glenn is standing with a net worth of $8.5 million. This figure is supposed to have increased significantly since then."
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> And the first comment on the page says -
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> "You dummies have mixed up Greenwald's net worth with that of Ebay founder Pierre Omidyar, who had funded a joint venture with Greenwald. Omidyar is/was worth 8.5 billion."
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> So i am extremely dubious Greenwald is worth anywhere near 8.5 billion ;)
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> But the main link still has billion in the URL... maybe they made a
>  correction to the body of the article?  
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> Still, 8.5M is a lot of money. But it's not ultra ruling elite money like 8.5B .....
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> John


Unless that "8.5" is remnant to the misprint and not relevant as well.

Rr