Sorry, this blog-post is totally
off-topic.
On Oscar night, and much to my chagrin, Citizenfour received an Oscar
for best documentary. Last night, my
wife said Citizenfour was going to be on HBO in a few minutes, and she suggested I watch it with her.
And, I did watch it …. for about 15 minutes. It made my skin crawl, it pissed me off, so I
got up and walked away. How anyone in
their right mind, how anyone who is
concerned with the safety/security of the United States and its citizens, can
come off feeling that Edward Snowden is, somehow, a hero (and not, to the
opposite, a traitor) and that Glenn Greenwald is worthy of any sort of
recognition for being Snowden’s mouthpiece, is way beyond me. In my opinion, Edward Snowden should be
captured, tried, convicted and locked up, and, as to Mr. Greenwald, he reminds
me of the type of person I’d like to repeatedly smack (and I’m the least
violent person one would ever meet, so I think that speaks miles for my opinion
of Mr. Greenwald.)
Recent articles:
“Citizenfour's
Oscar Highlights National Divide Over Snowden”
By Richard
Adhikari/byline, writing for Techworld.com
02/24/15 5:00 AM PT
Citizenfour, a film documenting interviews
director Laura Poitras conducted with whistle-blower Edward Snowden, won the
Oscar for best documentary Sunday. The talks took place as Snowden blew the lid
off the United States National Security Agency's surveillance activities.
The award highlights
the divisions in the U.S. over Snowden's actions and the question of national
security.
"The
disclosures that Edward Snowden reveals don't only expose a threat to our
privacy but to our democracy itself," Poitras said in her acceptance
speech.
"When the
most important decisions being made affecting all of us are made in secret, we
lose our ability to check the powers that control. Thank you to Edward Snowden
for his courage, and for the many other whistle-blowers. And I share this with
Glenn Greenwald and other journalists who are exposing truth," she added.
In the aftermath of the audience's
applause, Oscar host Neil Patrick Harris quipped that Snowden "couldn't be
here for some treason."
Glen Greenwald,
the journalist whose role in publicizing Snowden's revelations also was
documented in Citizenfour, later commented that Harris' remark was
"stupid and irresponsible."
Read Richard Adhikari’s full article here:
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“Glenn Greenwald: Asshole”
by Chez Pazienza on May 08, 2014, for
The Daily Banter
If you’re at all
familiar with Glenn Greenwald, you’ll likely look at the above headline and
think one of two things. Critics of Greenwald will say to themselves,
“Absolutely,” while his legion of devotees and champions will counter with,
“Yeah, so?” But the fact is that there are few people who can seriously and
honestly consider Greenwald’s public persona, his various proclamations and
interactions with the general public which often come via his overworked
Twitter feed, and not conclude that he’s an asshole.
Read Chez Pazienza’s full article here:
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