Poitras Accepts Oscar for 'Citizenfour:' "We lose our ability to check the powers in control..."

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“Citizenfour” director Laura Poitras thanked whistleblowers and journalists who are “exposing truth” during her acceptance speech after winning the Academy Award for Best Documentary, Feature on Sunday.

“Disclosures that Edward Snowden reveals don’t only expose a threat to our privacy, but to our democracy itself. When the most important decisions being made that affect all of us are being made in secrecy, we lose our ability to check the powers in control,” Poitras said with Glenn Greenwald at her side. “Thank you to Edward Snowden for his courage, and for the many other whistleblowers. I share this with Glenn Greenwald and the other journalists who are exposing truth. Thank you.”

[uhnope]

1. "Edward Snowden couldn't be here for some (t)reason."

best line of the night, Neil Patrick Harris

[Hissyspit]

4. Not particularly.

http://www.salon.com/2015/02/23/the_oscars_are_really_fing_boring_this_year/

"Harris is telling badly written jokes badly, and with very little tact to boot. Immediately after Dana Perry, who won the Oscar for documentary short, heart-wrenchingly advocated for more open discussion of suicide prevention, he followed up with a joke about balls."

[truth2power]

5. I was offended by that joke..

Was NPH saying that he believes Snowden committed treason?

One could take it either way, I suppose.

[Frosty1]

6. Me too

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2. Kick and R.

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3. K&R