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US Media Blacks Out Snowden Interview
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#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
Eh, you know, if every opposing viewpoint were banned, we'd end up with (even more) groupthink.
Better to just make them feel 'naturally' unwelcome in this sick ecosphere of over-socialized nerds? Systems of re-enforcement like this are akin to the worst kind of intellectual inter-breeding.
I think we should build a sick ecosphere of over-socialized nerds. In space. We can use it for testing, umm, things.
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#83The site is down ... did his server crash under the load, or is the government getting better at blacking out the media? News at 11:00 (or not).
Re: US Media Blacks Out Snowden Interview
#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nutrality and obstaining from censorship gives it legitimacy, in my eyes. To each their own, I suppose.
If Snowden didn't want limitations on distribution of his interview then he should have mandated the release to public domain as a condition for the interview. Instead he chose to give the interview to a entity willing to retain and reserve all rights, resulting limited exposure. You are free to disagree with that choice, but that does not give you right to overrule it. edit: I might add that we already have The Pira…
I think Snowden is probably being advised by lawyers to limit his communications to "official" journalist outlets, for his own protection. It's unfortunate, but in many countries journalists have more protections than regular citizens.
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#85I highly recommend watching this interview, in which Snowden clearly explains his motives for doing what he did and describes the scope of the data collection carried out by the NSA and its allied foreign intelligence agencies. While I've followed this story quite extensively, this is first time I've actually watched an interview with Snowden, and I was very impressed with his intelligence, thoughtfulness, depth of k…
The article was fantastic and the depth of his history to serve the USA and to help the country just shows that he truly believes that what he did was for the best of the public interest.
I also liked the bit about Obama challenging him to come back to court, and his smart rebuttal.
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#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
I must say I'm becoming increasingly disappointed about archive.orgs lax copyright policies. Becoming a treasure trove of pirated material really eats its legitimacy in my eyes.
I guess they follow the usual DMCA dance, the data is uploaded by users after all. The only thing I wonder is if they actually delete such files or hide them with a "first published on 2014-01-26, author John Doe" marker to unlock once copyright expired. It might be easier to get hold of certain artefacts now than in 135 years (or whenever recently obtained copyrights actually will expire).
It's better for the NSA to collect all your data now than when you've set us up the bomb.
I love the irony in this flawed line of thinking here.
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#87We need to keep our paranoia in check. That article is B.S. — wrong on all the verifiable points. And the rest is just random guesses. I went and checked the German news (I'm American but lived in Germany 5 years, and am still fluent) and it turns out that ARD screwed the pooch on this one: the two most respected media outlets in Germany are pissed off and have written about ARD's shoddy editing and refusal to provid…
The US media doesn't get a pass -- especially print media or long-form web articles on nytimes.com, etc, which shouldn't have concerned themselves with rights to video (see my response to 'nostromo'), but I was unaware of the copyright/licensing issues surrounding the interview until you brought them to light. I am more enraged by the explicit avoidance of the topic by the US media. Thanks for your comment
You must be talking about.. Kim.. err.. *Surgician
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#88Try searching CNN for "Snowden Interview" and there is NO mention of it. Same with MSNBC's search - nothing about this interview in the results. Also, scroll down to user "Nostromo's" counter (claiming the media did cover the story) w/links and then my reply. This kind of blatant dereliction of duty in US journalism (IMHO) presages the governments' plans for controlling the (M)essage on websites. One can only assume…
Before you go witch hunting go read this. http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1wddfp/us_media_bl...
This should really be the top comment.
For anyone that thinks there is actually a problem here, what could the motivation or mechanism behind this "blackout" possibly be? Significant parts of the US media have been reporting pretty well on Snowden for a long time now.
Re: US Media Blacks Out Snowden Interview
#89Try searching CNN for "Snowden Interview" and there is NO mention of it. Same with MSNBC's search - nothing about this interview in the results. Also, scroll down to user "Nostromo's" counter (claiming the media did cover the story) w/links and then my reply. This kind of blatant dereliction of duty in US journalism (IMHO) presages the governments' plans for controlling the (M)essage on websites. One can only assume…
Before you go witch hunting go read this. http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1wddfp/us_media_bl...
Thanks for providing this.
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#90A blackout ordered by the government, huh. Quite an allegation. But don't forget to consider that rather than the American media, not a small bunch to corral easily, conspiring at the government's request not to report on something "juicy," that the media may have simply had things to cover that they felt were juicier or were perhaps spooked by the incendiary nature of the interview and engaged in self-censorship. An…
The comment on the copyright stuff also seems to be in play. If MSNBC could play some good snippets I feel like they would.
There might be some wariness to playing other network's interviews. If I were Snowden I'd try giving an interview to an American network. Though he would actually get some real interview questions(the german interview is only softballs), and would have to defend his position. But I'm sure any news network would love to get that.