Much of the inherent distrust
Reed and Grim argue that the Intercept can—and does—credibly cover the Russia story, even if the site’s most famous employee is also one of the most vocal Russia skeptics on the Internet. He’s an island, the defense goes, and letting your employees openly disagree is a more transparent approach than at most other outlets. “We used to joke early on that we were Glenn Greenwald’s blog, but I think we have graduated from that,” Reed says.
between the two. Under the circumstances, it’s fairly cordial. Greenwald says Risen is one of his journalistic heroes. Risen told me: “Not to be too flip, but there were lots of op-ed columnists at theJust as the Intercept Five years on, the Intercept is growing other parts of its business—a more robust opinion section and a podcast unit—to bring in a bigger audience. In 2017, the publication hired Mehdi Hasan as a columnist, and his role has expanded to hosting “Deconstructed,” an interview-format podcast and a complement to the site’s other podcast, hosted by Scahill.
'is it undermining its own side' . . . Jesus. These are the thoughts journalists ponder these days. Better to be factually inaccurate and morally right, eh Politico?
Funny how the only ppl 'fueling the Democrat civil war' are the ppl who don't do and say what the DNC tells them to do. It's almost like the DNC controls the democrat partys direction and not it's voters.
Group think rarely works
Nice takedown?
The Intercept is where ideological hacks go to make themselves look foolish.
Media about media is a meta thing that needs to get thrown in the trash.