re: #216 Charles Johnson

It’s a little depressing to see these paranoid, deliberately deceptive memes being created and instantly adopted by the rest of the media. Greenwald seems to have found some kind of bubble that insulates him from logical criticism, which is weird because he’s such a major asshole you’d think people wouldn’t be so afraid to dig deeper into what he’s doing.

This won’t last forever - he’s such an egomaniac he’s almost certain to do something eventually that will blow back on him, especially now that he’s in the big money realm.

Yes, from that FT story, this sounds pretty deceptive, since Greenwald will soon find out what limitations are going to be imposed upon him and his cohorts. That kind of money simply isn’t given freely like this for anyone to do their “own” thing.

“Beyond that, Omidyar’s intentions remain unclear. “He does not want to replicate what others are doing. He does not want to copy the New York Times or Washington Post,” Greenwald says of his new patron. “He could have bought them if that is what he wanted to do. So I am convinced that he wants to do something fundamentally different. His vision of what he wants to do entails this serious commitment to truly independent and adversarial journalism.” Greenwald adds: “What is interesting here is that Pierre is going to end up funding people he cannot control, by design.” (my emphasis)

I really think Greenwald is either stupid or naive to think he will remain totally unchecked.