Glenn Greenwald Explodes At ‘Servants To Power’ In Media: They’re ‘Defending The Royal Court’ [View all]

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The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald expanded his feud with Meet the Press host David Gregory to include CNBC analyst Andrew Ross Sorkin in an interview with The Washington Post’s Erik Wemple on Monday. In that interview, Greenwald lashed out at the NBC News personalities for suggesting he should be imprisoned for his work with National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden. Greenwald attacked much of the political media which he said has evolved into “servants to power” rather than watchdogs.

“It is true that The Guardian generally, and me in particular, are outsiders, not members of the Beltway establishment media clique,” Greenwald told Wemple.

Greenwald attacked Sorkin in particular who, on Monday, said that he would “almost arrest” The Guardian reporter for appearing to want to facilitate Snowden’s request for political asylum.

“I’ve purposely made myself an outsider by very aggressively and harshly criticizing not just the culture itself but the most prominent members of it, including David Gregory and Andrew Ross Sorkin, who this morning suggested on CNBC that I be arrested,” Greenwald said.
He said that members of the media who are attacking him are exhibiting “personal bitterness” and “resentment” over his ability to reject and breach conventions that maintain the working relationship between the press and the political establishment.


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