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Boiglenoight@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well, one is an accomplished independent journalist that does not follow the status quo, while the other is a status quo pro war person that profits from war…

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  • SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, I think “actively supported Trump’s attempted coup” goes a bit beyond that

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  • TheFonz@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, Glenn is a joke at this point. Absolutely dedicated to living in narratives rather than facts.

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    • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I disagree, I think he is one of a handful of independent journalists that have kept to their morals and are brave of what they speak of.

      Not too many people are willing to go against the status quo, while also making enemies of those that control our societies, the owner class.

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      • TheFonz@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        There’s nothing wrong with going against the status quo. It’s when you let the anti-establishment narrative supersede facts that we have a problem. This guy defended the Jan 6 riots on extremely flimsy ground (his thesis falls in line with the rest of conservatives: that it was a peaceful demonstration that got out of hand). Not only that, but he goes to bat for Trump pretty often, of all people. It’s par the course for the rest of the anti-establishment enlightened centrists (see Pin Tool and the likes). Not impressed.

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  • makyo@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The problem with Greenwald is that he seems to have staked his whole reputation on being anti-status quo instead of pro-truth, which has already put him on the wrong side of history on a number of issues.

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    • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That is another major problem we should take to account when talking with people.

      What is “truth” when we know legacy media is just a stooge of the owner class… we must continue to question and be critical of those with power/influence and esp. those in gov’t.

      Just looking at opensecrets we can see who is being being legally bried.

      Bribery is an effort to buy power, while lobbying is just an effort to influence it; but admittedly, the distinction between the two can be opaque.

      which has already put him on the wrong side of history on a number of issues.

      I disagree with this, and I would go farther that he has shown great moral principles over his many decades of journalism.

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