Snowden:After 9/11-The most important news outlets in America abdicated their role as check to power

[kpete]

Peter Maass: Why did you seek out Laura and Glenn, rather than journalists from major American news outlets (N.Y.T., W.P., W.S.J. etc.)? In particular, why Laura, a documentary filmmaker?

Edward Snowden: After 9/11, many of the most important news outlets in America abdicated their role as a check to power — the journalistic responsibility to challenge the excesses of government — for fear of being seen as unpatriotic and punished in the market during a period of heightened nationalism. From a business perspective, this was the obvious strategy, but what benefited the institutions ended up costing the public dearly. The major outlets are still only beginning to recover from this cold period.

the rest:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/magazine/snowden-maass-transcript.html?smid=tw-share

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. He is right about the media being controlled by the Bush/Cheney junta

and their corporate masters and that it is slightly improving over the last few years.

[forestpath]

2. I don't call it the Bushington Post for nothing.

[RetroLounge]

3. kick

RL

[Autumn]

4. That's exactly what happened.

Recommended

[deurbano]

5. That interview is interesting.

Gives a fuller picture of how all of this initially unfolded.

[leftstreet]

6. DURec

[Catherina]

7. Morningfog's thread with the article that goes with this interview is a must read

MUST READ, MUST READ: How Laura Poitras Helped Snowden Spill His Secrets posted by Morningfog. It's the article by Peter Maass that goes with these quotes

[PowerToThePeople]

8. We all knew this. What are we going to do about it?

2 minutes of hate, or?