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In reply to the discussion: Glenn Greenwald DESTROYS David Gregory. With Newsmen Like You..... [View all]spooky3
(34,444 posts)could be debated, and in his first question in this clip he called Greenwald several things, including a "polemicist", but not a journalist. All of this implies strongly that Gregory questions whether Greenwald himself can be considered a journalist, which is a personal insult and an ad hominem attack, as well as an indication that Gregory is trying to redefine the word, at the very least. A cursory glance through something as easily accessible as Greenwald's wikipedia entry leaves little doubt about whether Greenwald is a journalist, and leads me to conclude that Gregory shows himself to be a very poor journalist, at least with regard to this interview. A better way of handling it would be to accept that Greenwald in fact is a journalist as well as an attorney, and phrase his questions, and his responses, accordingly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Greenwald
"Glenn Greenwald (born March 6, 1967) is an American political journalist, lawyer, columnist, blogger, and author. He has been a columnist for the US edition of The Guardian since August 2012.[1][2] Prior to that he was a columnist for Salon.com and an occasional contributor to The Guardian.[3][4][5]
...Greenwald has received awards including the first Izzy Award for independent journalism, in 2009,[15] and the 2010 Online Journalism Award for Best Commentary.[16]"