Re: Greenwald's New Book and Big Media (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

Funny.

 > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 > Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 13:00:10 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 >  > Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 14:19:33 -0400 (EDT)
 >  > From: FAIR <http://www.fair.org/~fair>
 >  > 
 >  > FAIR 
 >  > 
 >  > Here's an understatement: Glenn Greenwald's new book No Place Left to Hide 
 >  > is not making some in the elite media very happy.
 >  > 
 >  > In a review in the *New York Times*, Michael Kinsley writes that Greenwald 
 >  > is a "self-righteous sourpuss" and NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has the "
 >  > conspiratorial worldview of a precocious teenager." 
 >  > 
 >  > But it's not just that Kinsley doesn't like them. He doesn't like this kind 
 >  > of journalism. According to the *Times* review, media companies 
 >  > 
 >  > "should not have the final say over the release of government secrets, and a 
 >  > free pass to make them public with no legal consequences. In a democracyâ?¦
 >  > that decision must ultimately be made by the government." 
 >  > 
 >  > It's a perfect illustration of a worldview--so prevalent in elite media and 
 >  > politics--that Greenwald's book challenges head-on: Media's job is to tell 
 >  > people what the government decides they need to know.