The Myth of Glenn Greenwald, Champion of Journalistic Freedom
Glenn Greenwald claims to be a champion of journalistic freedom, but his brand of so-called "journalism" really is political advocacy disguised as journalism; in fact Greenwald is a supporter of socialist and leftist movements across the region that have trampled on journalistic freedom, while exulting in their brazen and shameless corruption...
North America Columnists Opinion
By David Unsworth Last updated Jul 25, 2019
Glenn Greenwald likes to portray himself as an anti-corruption crusader, but has strangely overlooked the rampant corruption of his close friends Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva. Glenn Greenwald is having his moment in the sun. He is currently enjoying what every establishment hack and pawn dreams of: a fawning writeup in the New York Times, which paints a tired, stale, and well-worn picture…portraying Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro as a pseudo-fascist, and Greenwald as a champion of the free press, heroically standing up to a dictatorial government that will end freedom of speech and expression if it has its way.
The problem is that Glenn Greenwald is hardly the champion of freedom of the press. There is a cause, however (really a religion) to which he dedicates every moment of every waking day: the global socialist movement, and its constant struggle to enslave the peoples of Latin America.
This, of course, involves Greenwald repeatedly and willfully ignoring a whole host of grievous violations of freedom of speech and the press on the part of Latin American leftist leaders: Rafael Correa, Fidel/Raul Castro, Hugo Chavez/Nicolas Maduro, Daniel Ortega, Evo Morales, and Cristina Kirchner first and foremost among them.
The problem is that the people of Latin America woke up long ago, and have since soundly rejected the Pink Tide at the ballot box expelling Communist, socialist, and Marxist governments from office at breakneck speed. With the exception of Mexico, the past decade has been a harsh one for the Latin American left…an ideological consortium which makes other global leftist movements look moderate by comparison.
Hugo Chavez is dead…Rafael Correa is a wanted man…Dilma Rousseff was impeached…Lula is imprisoned for corruption…Kirchner is running again but she won’t win…and Glenn Greenwald isn’t happy about any of this.
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