• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    In his own words:

    Glenn has proven himself as a journalist with his reporting of Edward Snowden and much more.

    Snowden provided his doisser to a wide range of journalists and was published in a litany of different venues, from CNBC to Reuters. Greenwald worked with Snowden alongside Laura Poitras, Barton Gellman and Ewen MacAskill to build up the PRISM story, then defected to The Intercept when he wasn’t getting the kind of personal publicity he wanted. Then left the Intercept because he - once again - wasn’t getting the personal publicity he wanted. But he’s long since exhausted his journalistic bona fides. Now he’s just a pundit.

    The other big story he was involved in - Operation Car Wash - ended up itself being an effort at regime change intended to destabilize the Brazilian govenrment and install a fascist dictatorship via Jar Bolsonaro.

    Which people do you recommend if Glenn Greenwald does not meet your standards?

    Stick with The Intercept, the magazine he left behind, if you’re interested in the machinations of American politicians. Ken Klippenstein is sold and has a good DC beat.

    But otherwise? David J. Roth at the Defector is always a good read for East Coast local news. Derek Davison, at the Nation and Foreign Exchange, is a sold source of international news. Max Read does great work covering Silicon Valley.

    You’ve got plenty of options who are more relevant and more interesting than Tucker Carlson’s Best Friend.