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In reply to the discussion: Journalist Tom Ricks 'Beginning To Believe The Worst' About Greenwald And Snowden [View all]Maedhros
(10,007 posts)59. Greenwald is allowed to decide on what he gets to write.
He doesn't write about Russian or Brazillian politics, because that's not what he is interested in. He is first and foremost interested in what his own country, the United States, is doing, and so he focuses his efforts on those topics involving the United States.
Ricks tweeted this:
The clock strikes 13: The longer @ggreenwald and Snowden remain silent on events in Ukraine, the more I suspect their previous motives.
tom ricks (@tomricks1) March 17, 2014
tom ricks (@tomricks1) March 17, 2014
The events in the Ukraine have little or nothing to do with the NSA's abuse of power. Ricks' tweet implies that because Greenwald/Snowden haven't commented on the Ukraine situation, they must be lying about the NSA. That is a decidedly non sequitur argument.
Ricks has no evidence to back up his claims that Greenwald and Snowden are "working for the Russians," so he uses this classic bit of whataboutery to cast aspersions on their character, knowing that the weak-minded will eat it up.
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Journalist Tom Ricks 'Beginning To Believe The Worst' About Greenwald And Snowden [View all]
ProSense
Mar 2014
OP
"Journalist Tom Ricks fails to goad Greenwald into discussing a strawman" nt
Democracyinkind
Mar 2014
#3
And the question was being used (incorrectly) to try and undermine his credibility
Maedhros
Mar 2014
#65
He still looks pretty lame for deciding that he's only going to address US issues
treestar
Mar 2014
#89
He wouldn't need it. Brazil won't give him asylum. He can go to Cuba, though. nt
okaawhatever
Mar 2014
#43
Snowden and Greenwald are negative nationalists with the US as their envisioned antagonist.
stevenleser
Mar 2014
#11
Let's see, couple of journalists who have been blacklisted by US Media are supposed to be
librechik
Mar 2014
#13
No, that is not protecting a source. Greenwald could say anything he wants without impacting Snowden
stevenleser
Mar 2014
#24
The initial argument where? Whoever said it is wrong. No one in this thread seems to have said it
stevenleser
Mar 2014
#26
But, Greenwald is too busy Deflecting and collectiing straw.. and you won't hear him say
Cha
Mar 2014
#79
Tom Ricks is "a member of the Center for a New American Security, a defense policy think tank."
bananas
Mar 2014
#77
I guess a lot of people require that their conversations on A be predicated on...
LanternWaste
Mar 2014
#28
Its never been a secret. It was publicly broadcast on omidyar's website
Luminous Animal
Mar 2014
#53
Maybe not DU but it says a lot about the NSA defenders on DU. WAIT, look over there, Putin! n/t
A Simple Game
Mar 2014
#62