Glenn Greenwald

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Dick Cheney's Job Approval Rating: Why Does Anyone Care?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Polls, Approval Ratings, Joe Scarborough, Twitter, Polling, Glenn Greenwald, Dick Cheney, Media News

Might I take a moment to remind everyone that Cheney currently does not have a job? So why should I, or anyone, care about his approval rating? Nancy Pelosi, by contrast, is serving in a non-imaginary capacity.

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Wall Street and the US Government: Where's Jimmy Stewart When We Need Him?

Steven G. Brant | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

With all the interest in the damage Wall Street has done, activity that's the opposite should draw some attention. But coverage of the corporate social responsibility movement is not yet an idea whose time has come.

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Memo To The Media: Fox News Is Now the Opposition Party

Eric Boehlert | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Politico, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Washington Post, Roger Ailes, Newsweek, Glenn Greenwald, Media News

The press needs to drop its longstanding gentleman's agreement not to write about other news outlets as news players -- not to criticize the competition -- because those rules no longer apply.

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Anonymous White House Sources Praise White House In Important Journalistic Scoop

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.07.2009 | Media

Read More: National Security, Media Criticism, Glenn Greenwald, Unnamed-Sources, Washington Post, Anonymous Sources, Media News

Yesterday, Glenn Greenwald tore apart a piece of stenographic PR that ran in the Washington Post. Titled "Obama Team Says Zazi Case Illustrates Balan...

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Friday Talking Points [95] -- A Call To Action

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Progressives, Al Franken, Chief of Staff, Reform, Alan Grayson, Paul Kirk, Aid of the Party, Emanuel, Midotw, Glenn Greenwald, Nancy Pelosi, Department of Justice, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Health Care, Peter Paul and Mary, Reid, Public Option, Democrat, House Progressives, Congress, Mary Travers, Democrats, Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy, Acorn, Progressive, Constitution, Mddotw, Rahm Emanuel, Party, Health, Blue Dogs, Harry Reid, Republicans, Senate, Healthcare, President Obama, David Kris, Sherrod Brown, Obama, Democratic, Democratic Party, Friday Talking Points, Fourth Amendment, Republican, Paul Wellstone, Pelosi, Defense Contractor, Co-Op, Baucus, Typewriter, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Rahm, Representative Grayson, Trigger, Time for All Good Men, House, Franken, Rahmbo, Surreal, Fraud, Chris Weigant, Max Baucus, Kris, Politics News

The progressives and Blue Dogs are going to have a showdown. It is going to culminate not in statements to the press (or the lack thereof), not in some whispered whip count, but rather in a very public vote.

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ABC News' Tapper Advances "Defund ACORN" Story

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics News, Acorn Bill, Darrell Issa, U.S. Congress, Glenn Greenwald, Congressional Oversight, Jake Tapper, Media News, Acorn, Alan Grayson, Anti-Acorn Bill, Media Criticism, Media News

Earlier this week, our own Ryan Grim reported on the incredibly true story of how Congress, in its zealous race to shower ACORN with digestive leaving...

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The Torture Report

Jameel Jaffer | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Glenn Greenwald, Freedom of Information Act, Department of Justice, President Bush, Maj. David Frakt, Marcy Wheeler, Torture, Abu Ghraib, Matthew Alexander, Politics News

Five years after Abu Ghraib, the Defense Department is still withholding photographs showing prisoners being abused at other facilities, as well as interrogation directives used by special forces.

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The Unintended Consequences Of The "Defund ACORN" Act

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics News, Acorn Bill, U.S. Congress, Media Criticism, Glenn Greenwald, Congressional Oversight, Acorn, Anti-Acorn Bill, Alan Grayson, Media News

The primary rationale -- the only rationale -- behind your representatives' decision in the ACORN matter was to ensure that their electoral hopes don't founder because of a media-driven scandal.

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Glenn Greenwald Has Said Kind Things About The Armed Forces, As It Turns Out

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Idiots, Torture, Glenn Greenwald, Bloggers, Joe Klein, Blogging, Media News

Time's Joe Klein levelled a significant and ugly charge: that he had "never seen [Greenwald] write a positive sentence about the US military." But Greenwald has.

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I See Dead People Joe Klein

Sean Carman | Posted 10.17.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Exasperated Diatribes, Joe Klein, Short Fiction, I.F. Stone, Glenn Greenwald, The Health Care Debacle, Comedy News, Athenae, Satire, Comedy News

"Aren't you the journalist who tirelessly promoted the Iraq War? And defended the Bush Administration's illegal wiretap and detention programs while admitting you knew nothing about them?"

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Joe Klein Is Now Warblogging With Critics, Forever

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Joe Klein, Idiots, Blogging, Bloggers, Torture, Glenn Greenwald, Media News

Klein is upset about all the mean things being said about him on the Internet, and the litigation of his hurt feelings is somehow considered news by Time, for reasons passing understanding.

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Joe Klein: Glenn Greenwald "Thoroughly Dishonorable" For Leaking My Off-The-Record Emails

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalist Feuds, Joe Klein, Time, Journolist, Salon, Journolist Feuds, Glenn Greenwald, Media News

On Monday, Salon writer Glenn Greenwald published an off-record email exchange on his personal blog, which has since caused a bit of an uproar in the ...

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Vital Lessons from the Health Reform Wars

Peter Daou | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Paul Krugman, Obama, Rightwing Smear Machine, Glenn Greenwald, Health Care, Politics News

This has been a terrible summer for Democrats. Here are seven key takeaways from the ongoing health care debacle.

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Mike Huckabee Bashes America On Foreign Soil

The Jerusalem Post | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mike Huckabee, Glenn Greenwald, Politics News

Former Arkansas governor and presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee says the US has taken too harsh a stance against Israel on the issue of settlements. ...

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Keith Olbermann Playing Viewers For Fools On O'Reilly Truce

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Media Criticism, Glenn Greenwald, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Fox News, Keith Olbermann, Bill O'Reilly, MSNBC Fox News, Media News

Olbermann will likely survive this episode. Why shouldn't he? He's obviously been a good company man! But his actions in this matter truly insult all of the viewers that look up to him as a non-coward voice in the media.

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Glenn Greenwald: When MSNBC Lets Wolffe Host, They Give "An Hour Every Night To A Corporate Lobbyist"

salon.com | Posted 09.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Lobbyists, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Glenn Greenwald, Cable News, Keith Olbermann, Countdown, Corporate Lobbyists, Media News

This week, former Newsweek reporter Richard Wolffe was a guest-host on MSNBC's Countdown while Keith Olbermann is on vacation. When Olbermann is ther...

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Glenn Greenwald: Journalists Celebrating Cronkite Ignore What He Did

Salon | Posted 08.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Walter Conkrite, Walter Conkrite Vietnam, Walter Conkrite Glenn Greenwald, Walter Conkrite Death, Glenn Greenwald, Media News

[...] So, too, with the death of Walter Cronkite. Tellingly, his most celebrated and significant moment -- Greg Mitchell says "this broadcast would h...

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Chuck Todd And Glenn Greenwald Debate Torture And The Media

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Chuck Todd, Media Criticism, Torture, Glenn Greenwald, Media News

I've been remiss in not following up on the podcast discussion that Salon's Glenn Greenwald and MSNBC's Chuck Todd gave yesterday, that I previewed on...

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Torture, Wiretaps, Lies to Congress: Old Spy Cronies a Drag on Obama's "Look to the Future"

Frank Naif | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Inspector General, Warrantless Wiretapping, John Brennan, Eric Holder, Dick Cheney, Dni, Special Prosecutor, Stephen Kappes, Cia, Glenn Greenwald, Congressional Oversight, Assassination, Leon Panetta, Accountability, Marcy Wheeler, Leon Panetta CIA, Politics News

Over the past week, a triple-whammy of developing national security stories reminded Americans and the Obama administration that the past is a stubborn thing.

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Chuck Todd And Glenn Greenwald To Debate Torture Investigations (And The Rest Of Your Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, Torture Investigations, Chuck Todd, Media Criticism, Mark Sanford, Sarah Palin, Glenn Greenwald, Torture, Media News

Salon's Glenn Greenwald called out MSNBC's Chuck Todd at great length Wednesday for a segment Todd participated in on Morning Joe in which, per Green...

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For This Wise African American, Sotomayor Hearings Reveal the Heart of Race Conflict in America

Eric Deggans | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, U.S. Senate, Charles Grassley, Glenn Greenwald, Sonia Sotomayor, Jeff Sessions, Samuel Alito, Race, Confirmation Hearings, Politics News

The GOP decries Sotomayor's statements about heritage, but in 2005 another Supreme Court nominee told the Senate that in discrimination cases, he often takes into account his own family's history.

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NPR Ombudsman Refuses To Speak To Glenn Greenwald About Torture

Bloggasm | Posted 08.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Npr Torture, Glenn Greenwald Npr, Npr Ombudsman Glenn Greenwald, NPR Ombudsman, Greenwald Npr, Glenn Greenwald, Alicia Shepard, Glenn Greenwald Torture, Media News

Salon blogger Glenn Greenwald has rarely been one to avoid responding directly to his right wing critics. He's been on Hugh Hewitt' radio show on mult...

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Economist Interviews Glenn Greenwald About Obama, Sotomayor, Journalism

Economist | Posted 07.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Economist, Journalism, Glenn Greenwald Economist Interview, Glenn Greenwald, Media News

IF YOU are an avid reader of this blog you are familiar with Glenn Greenwald's work. We often link to his award-winning commentary on subjects such as...

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Dennis Perrin Sounds Off on Jon Stewart, Barack Obama, and The Nation

Christian Avard | Posted 06.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Palestine, The Nation, Firedoglakecom, Gaza, Jon Stewart, Harry Truman, Glenn Greenwald, Israel, Viacom, Democratic Party, The Daily Show, Barack Obama, Torture, Jane Hamsher, Entertainment News

Dennis Perrin: I would like to see more direct action but I knew early on in the Obama administration that it was just not going to happen.

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From a Purely Political Standpoint, Poaching Specter Is a Cowardly Move

Dan Sweeney | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Glenn Greenwald, Arlen Specter Pat Toomey, Senator Arlen Specter, Arlen Specter Democrat, Politics News

The Democrats have essentially performed a tactical retreat here, moving Specter to the "D" column rather than risking an election that would clearly have favored them.

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