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(4,533 posts)Adrahil
(13,340 posts)hmmmm.....
Cicada
(4,533 posts)I seem to have a built in propensity to defend those who are accused without evidence. I get furious at Trumps vile accusations which are baseless. If we do the same thing then we cant complain when Trump does it. Its a bad thing imo.
"how Dems, MSNBC & USG operatives have sunk to the level of unhinged McCarthyite paranoia and jingoism"
That's "true"?!
FFS....
Cicada
(4,533 posts)The accusation is baseless
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)still_one
(91,965 posts)McCarthy had a range of bad behavior which together and in context were extremely harmful. Suggesting Greenwald takes Russian money, making a baseless charge, is only one part of what McCarthy did and by itself is not particularly harmful. Greenwald is well positioned to defend himself, unlike many of McCarthys victims. So I disagree with that comparison.
We should be careful to avoid the sins of our opponents though even if not fully as bad.
still_one
(91,965 posts)He is also notorious on contradicting himself when he is proven wrong.
He has time and time again gone out of his way saying there is no "evidence" that there was Russian interference.
He is an arrogant, pompous, piss ant, who will do anything to get attention, ignoring his own contradictions and assessments from the past.
In fact I don't recall Greenwald ever admiting to being wrong about anything
While we all have our bias, Greenwald is not and has never been an objective reporter, and is notorous for using people for his own personal gain. Snowden and Winner are two examples of sources he left them out in the cold. Any journalist who doesn't protect his sources is no journalist in my view
Cha
(295,929 posts)mcar
(42,210 posts)defended and extolled GG.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)I suspect the same paymaster. Nvet?
JI7
(89,182 posts)Greenwald, Assange, and Snowden.
They didn't fool us for a nanosecond.
mcar
dalton99a
(81,073 posts)Cha
(295,929 posts)Were we ever right about them.
Gothmog
(144,005 posts)AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)McCarthyism 2.0.
Cha
(295,929 posts)Russian Journalists while he was there?
FECKLESS Russian Propagandist.
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SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid