Greenwald’s article is flawed from the very first sentence: “Publication by the New York Post two weeks ago of emails from Hunter Biden's laptop,” as if the very provenance of the laptop isn’t a hilariously unproven detail. It seems this situation says more about Greenwald than the Intercept.
My Resignation from the Intercept
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#822Why as the co-founder of the organization, Glenn Greenwald don't have the rights to publish articles and have to yield to The Intercept's New York editorial board? This is baffling to me.
IIRC the money wasn't his, but rather Pierre Omidyar's.
Yes, you are correct, Pierre Omidyar bankrolled First Look Media and is the founder on their about page. [1]
Glenn Greenwald is just a "co-founding editor". And his profile hasn't been removed yet.
Editor-in-chief currently is Betsy Reed. So she's blocking Glenn from publishing Biden report?
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#823Well, there goes the intercept.
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#824Earlier quoted context omitted.
Even Fox News wouldn't run the story because it wasn't supported by facts. Run what story? Fox news has been covering the hard drive since it was released. And yes, no concrete evidence of wrong doing, but if you read Glenn's email, he clearly states that "something smells rotten" and the editors response is "we won't even allow pointed questions about Biden". Glenn is offering the Biden camp more benefit of the doub…
There was no concrete evidence of the Russia collusion bullshit and yet that dominated the airwaves for 3 years. The major news networks spent 3 years on a poorly conceived conspiracy theory.
Precisely. The press was willing to run with a story that had little to no supporting evidence and in the end turned out to be false.
Yet the tables are turned here and suddenly they have concerns about disinformation? To the point they won't even allow it to be discussed?
That's what impresses me about Greenwald and Taibbi. They both hate Trump. But they aren't willing to put their journalistic ethics aside because of it.
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#825The emails are interesting. I’m surprised Greenwald’s editors give such detailed written feedback instead of, say, over the phone.
The language used offers some scope for compromise, but in general it’s pretty forthright.
In my experience the back and forth of an email chain thread will only further entrench positions rather than engender persuasiveness. We all know this, right? It’s nothing new and it happens all the time on HN comments too.
What’s odd — and maybe I show here how little I know about the people management side of running a commercial journalism org — is that the editor’s critique happens in writing.
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#827Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why would Substack solve this? It's just a more refined Medium with better monetization opportunities. Being on Substack doesn't mean the author is trustworthy, only that they have content that people will engage with (and potentially pay for), which is still the same KPI you're referring to.
Substack allows you to subscribe (paid) to an individual journalist or publication. They can then post long-form stories to your inbox. That gives them the opportunity to develop a long-term relationship with you where credibility matters. At any rate, that is the argument. I don't think it will work, because buying journalism one journalist at a time is too expensive. Hell, buying it one paper at a time is too expen…
I paid $50 for a year of Matt Taibbi. Literally the first time I have ever paid money for journalism, and it has been worth every penny.
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#828Earlier quoted context omitted.
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Am I reading that wrong or was it a DIFFERENT document, not the "evidence" on the laptop, that is attributed to an AI-generated persona? Both the Aspen/Typhoon document and the laptop hoax documents involve Hunter and China, but are they connected in any other way?
There's literally a hunter biden crack sex tape on something called gtv and Tony bobulinski supposedly a Democrat who was hunters business partner in some of his high dollar china assignments. So sure, the Q bullshit is fake but there's actual stories that are basically ignored by everyone but Fox news and Glenn Greenwald that actually have meat.
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#829Earlier quoted context omitted.
How many corrections did Emma Alberici end up publishing on that one piece?
Nine ackowledged errors of _fact_ in one news artcile containing badly supported opinion. An article of the same quality written about the other major party when in power would have got a very similar response. https://finance.nine.com.au/business-news/abc-senate-estimat... "News story: government policies are garbage here's _nine_ errors of fact to support an non-opinion piece." My opinion is that the government pol…
> There's plenty to look at in unfair media influence this story just wasn't it.
I disagree. However, with the rest of what you've said I'd say the truth lies somewhere in between. When pressure is brought to bear, one will find things whether they're there or not, for reasons of appeasement. This is pure opinion of mine, though, and I respect anyone's right to disagree.
Re: My Resignation from the Intercept
#830Glenn had a 3 hour long conversation on a podcast a few days ago where he laid out the problem really well: Journalists have essentially become socialites. They don't want to publish articles that will rock the boat, because the people they are friends with are the ones that own that boat, invite them to parties, and are a part of their friend groups. The reporting around this story has been absolutely unbelievable t…
> Glenn had a 3 hour long conversation on a podcast a few days ago where he laid out the problem really well: .... > The reporting around this story has been absolutely unbelievable to me OK, here's the thing though. This is what I call the "Jordan Peterson school of thought." You begin with a premise. Hunter Biden left his laptop at a repair store, some files were found on it, and these were delivered to a Republica…
We want to emphasize that we do not know if the emails,
provided to the New York Post by
President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, are
genuine or not and that we do not have
evidence of Russian involvement -- just that our
experience makes us deeply suspicious that the
Russian government played a significant role in this
case.