Glenn Greenwald
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is not because we manipulated the public into no longer trusting these big corporate media outlets that they used to get their news from and believe it was the truth. It was because they themselves got caught lying so many times. They so transparently renounced their journalistic mission and journalistic agenda in pursuit of a broader political
is not because we manipulated the public into no longer trusting these big corporate media outlets that they used to get their news from and believe it was the truth. It was because they themselves got caught lying so many times. They so transparently renounced their journalistic mission and journalistic agenda in pursuit of a broader political
is not because we manipulated the public into no longer trusting these big corporate media outlets that they used to get their news from and believe it was the truth. It was because they themselves got caught lying so many times. They so transparently renounced their journalistic mission and journalistic agenda in pursuit of a broader political
ideology, which I really think began primarily as a reaction to Donald Trump. I mean, the media has always been sort of vaguely liberal, especially on cultural issues. They're based in New York and Washington and the coast. But within that, they could still do a lot of nonpartisan trans ideological journalism. Once Donald Trump came, they all collectively began believing
ideology, which I really think began primarily as a reaction to Donald Trump. I mean, the media has always been sort of vaguely liberal, especially on cultural issues. They're based in New York and Washington and the coast. But within that, they could still do a lot of nonpartisan trans ideological journalism. Once Donald Trump came, they all collectively began believing
ideology, which I really think began primarily as a reaction to Donald Trump. I mean, the media has always been sort of vaguely liberal, especially on cultural issues. They're based in New York and Washington and the coast. But within that, they could still do a lot of nonpartisan trans ideological journalism. Once Donald Trump came, they all collectively began believing
that their primary mission was no longer to report the news, to be even-handed in any way. Their primary mission was to stop Donald Trump as a way of saving the republic. And the minute a journalist starts thinking that way, then essentially all of your journalistic neutrality and what gave you the credibility in the first place has evaporated.
that their primary mission was no longer to report the news, to be even-handed in any way. Their primary mission was to stop Donald Trump as a way of saving the republic. And the minute a journalist starts thinking that way, then essentially all of your journalistic neutrality and what gave you the credibility in the first place has evaporated.
that their primary mission was no longer to report the news, to be even-handed in any way. Their primary mission was to stop Donald Trump as a way of saving the republic. And the minute a journalist starts thinking that way, then essentially all of your journalistic neutrality and what gave you the credibility in the first place has evaporated.
And these people who are weeping in these newsrooms just can't come to terms with that. They think they've lost something in the last week that they in fact have lost many years ago and no longer have.
And these people who are weeping in these newsrooms just can't come to terms with that. They think they've lost something in the last week that they in fact have lost many years ago and no longer have.
And these people who are weeping in these newsrooms just can't come to terms with that. They think they've lost something in the last week that they in fact have lost many years ago and no longer have.
I think we all have to begin with humility, even as journalists, and recognize that we all are the byproduct of an endless number of subjective experiences, like where we're born, what our parents teach us, what community we grew up in, what religion we grew up in, how we see our country, how other countries see that. These are all things that, of course, make us
I think we all have to begin with humility, even as journalists, and recognize that we all are the byproduct of an endless number of subjective experiences, like where we're born, what our parents teach us, what community we grew up in, what religion we grew up in, how we see our country, how other countries see that. These are all things that, of course, make us
I think we all have to begin with humility, even as journalists, and recognize that we all are the byproduct of an endless number of subjective experiences, like where we're born, what our parents teach us, what community we grew up in, what religion we grew up in, how we see our country, how other countries see that. These are all things that, of course, make us
imperfect in terms of vehicles for the truth. None of us are infallible vessels of the truth. We're human beings. We see things erroneously all the time. What used to be the high duty of journalism was to, number one, recognize that.
imperfect in terms of vehicles for the truth. None of us are infallible vessels of the truth. We're human beings. We see things erroneously all the time. What used to be the high duty of journalism was to, number one, recognize that.
imperfect in terms of vehicles for the truth. None of us are infallible vessels of the truth. We're human beings. We see things erroneously all the time. What used to be the high duty of journalism was to, number one, recognize that.
So there was no fraudulent sense that, oh, yes, we reside above everybody else in our ability to free ourselves of political bias and political subjectivity, but that instead we're going to do the best job possible in our reporting to make sure it's divorced from from our political agenda. That has always been what has divided good journalism from bad journalism.
So there was no fraudulent sense that, oh, yes, we reside above everybody else in our ability to free ourselves of political bias and political subjectivity, but that instead we're going to do the best job possible in our reporting to make sure it's divorced from from our political agenda. That has always been what has divided good journalism from bad journalism.