Glenn Greenwald on All Topics
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“The Obama/Emanuel approach not only produces awful policy but is also self-destructive politically.”
“Trusting the politically powerful is the establishment religion and carrying forth their message is the prime function of establishment journalists.”
“Huckabee knows that the Republican base lives in its own alternative, insular reality and any unpleasant or negative facts can be waved away not by refuting them, but by attributing them to the work of 'the liberal media.'”
“This is how things always work. The industry interests which own and control our government always get their way. When is the last time they didn't?”
“Davis' history is as long and consistent as it is sleazy.”
“When 'liberals' like Al Gore criticize U.S. foreign policy in Muslim countries, that is an act of virtual treason ... When leading members of the American Right do the same in and on behalf of Israel, the silence is deafening.”
“When an anonymous Internet user compares Bush to Hitler, the media goes into Full Hysteria Alert, but when the most influential conservative figure in the country does the same thing, they utter barely a peep of recognition.”
“We send murderous, crusading civilian units around the world to accompany our invading armies -- while ushering a regime of torture wherever we go -- and then announce we will only look to the future.”
“What [GE executives] mean by 'civility' is: 'thou shalt not criticize anyone who can harm GE's business interests or who will report on our actions.'”
“The torture tactics Bush ordered are criminal no matter how many memos John Yoo wrote saying they weren't.”
“It's more apparent than ever that the central excuse made by Obama defenders to justify preventive detention and military commissions ... is an absolute myth.”
“It's impossible even to imagine the likes of Brian Williams, Tom Brokaw and friends interrupting their pompously baritone, melodramatic, self-glorifying exploitation of Cronkite's death to spend a second pondering what he meant by that.”
“Remember never to accuse [CNN] of being 'stenographers' because that is unfair and offensive.”
“Trying to prevent investigations of their friends, colleagues and bosses in political power is one of the few times [journalists are] willing so explicitly to turn themselves into advocates.”
“If empathy is irrelevant to judicial decision-making, why are GOP Senators calling Frank Ricci as a witness at this hearing? Since he's obviously not there to testify about the strict legalistic doctrines governing his claims.”