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Re: US Media Blacks Out Snowden Interview

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All from a few days ago:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/snowden-nsa-conducts-industrial-...

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/german-tv-snow...

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/video-from-snowd...

Just search "ARD snowden" on Google News. Not front page, but not hidden either.

Giving the interview right around the State of the Union probably didn't help it get any attention in the US.

Re: US Media Blacks Out Snowden Interview

#12
In addition, the video has been taken down almost immediately every time it’s posted on YouTube.

AFAIK, the German company that produced the interview didn't sell the international rights to the German broadcaster, which is also why the original video is geolocked to Germany. So I'd guess it's this company that's behind the YouTube takedowns.

Re: US Media Blacks Out Snowden Interview

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All from a few days ago: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/snowden-nsa-conducts-industrial-... http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/german-tv-snow... http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/video-from-snowd... Just search "ARD snowden" on Google News. Not front page, but not hidden either. Giving the interview right around the State of the Union probably didn't help it get any attention in the US.

These links: a.) lip-service reporting that Snowden was-to-have an interview or b.) reduced the lengthy talk to an inconsequential soundbite.

The NYT Blog - 3 days late, is it that hard for such a "renowned" journalistic enterprise?

Wow! Props to the Associated Press for writing about something globally noteworthy [sarc.] in an article that few cared to carry or - God-forbid - elaborate upon. (ABC merely picked up the AP story.)

That's the very definition of a pathetic free press.

None of these links constitute actual coverage or equate to Cable air-time, where millions of baby boomers develop/refine their world-views.

Re: US Media Blacks Out Snowden Interview

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It seems clear that the virtual blackout of this insightful interview is yet another deliberate attempt to obfuscate the truth from the view of the American public. The media has continually attempted to shill the official government lies about mass domestic surveillance programs, justifying them as necessary to fight the “War on Terror”, while attempting to painting Mr. Snowden as a traitor.

Say what you want about the other claims of this article, this is pretty spot-on and should be the concern of all U.S. citizens (by virtue of, y'know, citizenship). This person worked for our government, and facilitated the release of huge amounts of classified information. This is Of Interest to everyone, whether you love him or hate him.

Re: US Media Blacks Out Snowden Interview

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Well that is interesting. I typically jump to Google News in response to such accusations to show a thread of stories on the subject 'being blacked out.' In this case.. Shows some search results: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0... Clicking on the '73 news sources' link results in blank thread: https://news.google.com/news?ncl=dePJixL6H8f9VzMIt-2rs1GZLI9...

I see 5 results. Also, if you click on "sorted by date" rather than "sorted by relevance, a lot more appear.

Here is a screenshot for the blank results when the sources link is clicked: http://imgur.com/63dWPlw

I don't know what is a tailored result and what is not on sites, specially Google lately. Add in other quirks and you have an unreliable system of communication.

Re: US Media Blacks Out Snowden Interview

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post #8

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/video-from-snowd... josh_fyi and I seem to have had the same search result simultaneously.

I also immediately searched the Times and found this as well :)

The reality is that MSNBC and CNN don't really cover "news", they cover things that interest the average person. The average person is interested in Justin Bieber gossip, not about spycraft and governmental overreaching. In that case, I wouldn't expect MSNBC and CNN to cover this.

If the Times didn't mention it at all, then I was going to be worried. The truly cynical would point out that this is a blog post rather than an actual article, but the quality of their blogs are generally very good, so I'm not going to complain. If you subscribe to the Times and don't read any of the blogs, you are missing out.

Re: US Media Blacks Out Snowden Interview

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post #5

That's called "Freedom" I believe.

It's one of Roosevelt's Four Freedoms: freedom from thought, freedom from knowledge, freedom from privacy, freedom from doubt.

And perhaps the most important american freedom of all the right to self selection
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