The Journalistic Tattletale and Censorship Industry Suffers Several Well-Deserved Blows
greenwald.substack.com
The NYT's Taylor Lorenz falsely accuses a tech investor of using a slur after spending months trying to infiltrate and monitor a new app that allows free conversation.
I loved this article. I see at my university with terms like Latinx. As a Mexican American I see that young kids from privileged backgrounds are exploiting all this bs. Everyone wants to be a victim and everyone is so easily offended and scared of self reflection and criticism.
"Thus do we have the unimaginably warped dynamic in which U.S. journalists are not the defenders of free speech values but the primary crusaders to destroy them." We need another term/title for these people. They aren't journalists.
How do we fight this nonsense? It doesn’t matter that they’re wrong or blatantly lying. They put the narrative out then it’s blasted out everywhere and public opinion is formed. Then they just walk away. Zero consequences for them. It’s entirely absurd.
Ignore these punks and Speak with your money! Don't click on nor subscribe to NYT, Washington Post, etc. What goes around comes around and these morons will pay dearly. These folks are not journalists and we should not treat them as such.
Thanks for another well written article. That Chase Strangio would call out JK Rowling as being "aligned with white supremacists" doesn't surprise me. The goal posts of "white supremacy" has changed from literal nazis, KKK members, and devout racists, to every white person that doesn't virtue signal in the appropriate way. The corporate media and their enablers are just gaslighting everyone into submission.
These "reporters" are really starting to look desperate. With the Bad Orange Man gone, what will they write about? You can't write fawningly every single day about Kamala's shoes. If it were me, I'd start asking about why that Federal Minimum Wage of $15 vanished from the Stimulus Bill. But that would take guts, and I don't think they have any.
It is understandable that reporters at the NYT are sensitive about certain words. Mr. Andreessen may not have used the R word, but he could have used it at any moment. Ms. Lorenz should not have to live in continual fear and it is arguably worse dealing with the suspense of when Mr. Andreessen will drop the R word than if he had actually uttered it. Free speech does not give you the right to terrorize others with all the things you might potentially say.
Unfortunately, those who have the privilege not to work for the NYT probably will never understand this degree of suffering.
“They have insufficient talent or skill, and even less desire, to take on real power centers: the military-industrial complex, the CIA and FBI, the clandestine security state, Wall Street, Silicon Valley monopolies, the corrupted and lying corporate media outlets they serve.”
K Well Glenn I am a great grandma living on SS and a small nurse's pension having become radicalized about the time the VN war was over and realized all the lies, and never looked back...not once, but have been more and less active over the years d/t work, kids, late higher education, divorce, etc etc. so always have had limited ability to give $ but not energy or desire for the truth. But d/t this column, have subscribed now with a v. small monthly stipend I could afford, in this so critical time. I so wish it were more, hopefully one day it will be more. If not for you, Chris Hedges, Noam, Lee Camp, and your moral and intellectual cohorts I wouldn't know jack shit. You are in my thoughts and prayers. Stay safe, keep the faith and stay strong. We are here for you.
Let me share with you something of a similar nature. I am 76 years old and a graduate of Tulane. For the past year I have become alarmed at the woke course Tulane has taken. From a disproportionate number of liberal versus conservative professors, to supporting BLM ( who by the 3 founders own admission "we are trained Marxists"), to a english professor ( yes ENGLISH) starting a course called "Feminism after Trumplandia", to a professor telling a story of a student who thought he was a student and suggested "You should try out for the baseball team" saying that such comment was a"microaggression", to mandating Critical Race Theory as a required course for freshmen. All of this nonsense was too much for me. So I wrote many a dozen emails over time. At least 3 to the President of Tulane, one to the english professor,and emails to the Dean of the English Dept and well a Deans of other schools at Tulane, the Provost, and even the President of the Tulane Alumni Association. How many responded to my concerns ? None. A big fat 0. I believe that Tulane believes if they just ignore I will go away. But I have news for them. The war is long. I'm not giving up until I have a public say on this far left course my beloved alma mater is taking. I have no problem with people who are liberal. But its not right for all thought, if not liberal, to be shut out. Tulane needs to at least hear and be tolerant of a different view.
Glenn is describing a form of mass psychosis amongst privileged leftist elites, many of whom are employed by the old, decayed & very faded 'Grey Lady', The New York Times. We just stopped our FOUR decades long run of a subscription. Don't support this intellectual malfeasance.
Decades ago, we started out with a noble idea, equality for all regardless of skin color, ethnicity, or sex. Now we've descended into an absurd state where people are destroyed for uttering a word from the (growing) collection determined by the mob to be offensive. Meanwhile, mob members make ludicrous claims about their "pain and suffering" from having to hear these particular words. We've become a parody and the antithesis of serious people solving serious problems.
I loved this article. I see at my university with terms like Latinx. As a Mexican American I see that young kids from privileged backgrounds are exploiting all this bs. Everyone wants to be a victim and everyone is so easily offended and scared of self reflection and criticism.
I only with Glenn would stop using the term liberal to describe these cretins. There is only one descriptor which applies: Marxist.
"Thus do we have the unimaginably warped dynamic in which U.S. journalists are not the defenders of free speech values but the primary crusaders to destroy them." We need another term/title for these people. They aren't journalists.
How do we fight this nonsense? It doesn’t matter that they’re wrong or blatantly lying. They put the narrative out then it’s blasted out everywhere and public opinion is formed. Then they just walk away. Zero consequences for them. It’s entirely absurd.
Ignore these punks and Speak with your money! Don't click on nor subscribe to NYT, Washington Post, etc. What goes around comes around and these morons will pay dearly. These folks are not journalists and we should not treat them as such.
This guy has absolutely no clue how to take a week off, and I love it. Keep up the great work Glenn.
Thanks for another well written article. That Chase Strangio would call out JK Rowling as being "aligned with white supremacists" doesn't surprise me. The goal posts of "white supremacy" has changed from literal nazis, KKK members, and devout racists, to every white person that doesn't virtue signal in the appropriate way. The corporate media and their enablers are just gaslighting everyone into submission.
These "reporters" are really starting to look desperate. With the Bad Orange Man gone, what will they write about? You can't write fawningly every single day about Kamala's shoes. If it were me, I'd start asking about why that Federal Minimum Wage of $15 vanished from the Stimulus Bill. But that would take guts, and I don't think they have any.
God damn, you came back dropping bombs!
It is understandable that reporters at the NYT are sensitive about certain words. Mr. Andreessen may not have used the R word, but he could have used it at any moment. Ms. Lorenz should not have to live in continual fear and it is arguably worse dealing with the suspense of when Mr. Andreessen will drop the R word than if he had actually uttered it. Free speech does not give you the right to terrorize others with all the things you might potentially say.
Unfortunately, those who have the privilege not to work for the NYT probably will never understand this degree of suffering.
Great article! Thanks Glenn.
Loved the below...
“They have insufficient talent or skill, and even less desire, to take on real power centers: the military-industrial complex, the CIA and FBI, the clandestine security state, Wall Street, Silicon Valley monopolies, the corrupted and lying corporate media outlets they serve.”
K Well Glenn I am a great grandma living on SS and a small nurse's pension having become radicalized about the time the VN war was over and realized all the lies, and never looked back...not once, but have been more and less active over the years d/t work, kids, late higher education, divorce, etc etc. so always have had limited ability to give $ but not energy or desire for the truth. But d/t this column, have subscribed now with a v. small monthly stipend I could afford, in this so critical time. I so wish it were more, hopefully one day it will be more. If not for you, Chris Hedges, Noam, Lee Camp, and your moral and intellectual cohorts I wouldn't know jack shit. You are in my thoughts and prayers. Stay safe, keep the faith and stay strong. We are here for you.
Let me share with you something of a similar nature. I am 76 years old and a graduate of Tulane. For the past year I have become alarmed at the woke course Tulane has taken. From a disproportionate number of liberal versus conservative professors, to supporting BLM ( who by the 3 founders own admission "we are trained Marxists"), to a english professor ( yes ENGLISH) starting a course called "Feminism after Trumplandia", to a professor telling a story of a student who thought he was a student and suggested "You should try out for the baseball team" saying that such comment was a"microaggression", to mandating Critical Race Theory as a required course for freshmen. All of this nonsense was too much for me. So I wrote many a dozen emails over time. At least 3 to the President of Tulane, one to the english professor,and emails to the Dean of the English Dept and well a Deans of other schools at Tulane, the Provost, and even the President of the Tulane Alumni Association. How many responded to my concerns ? None. A big fat 0. I believe that Tulane believes if they just ignore I will go away. But I have news for them. The war is long. I'm not giving up until I have a public say on this far left course my beloved alma mater is taking. I have no problem with people who are liberal. But its not right for all thought, if not liberal, to be shut out. Tulane needs to at least hear and be tolerant of a different view.
Glenn on Feb 3 "...take this week off ... will be back on Monday, February 8". Well Glenn, at least you tried 😉 Hope you enjoyed your 4 day vacay. 🍹
Glenn is describing a form of mass psychosis amongst privileged leftist elites, many of whom are employed by the old, decayed & very faded 'Grey Lady', The New York Times. We just stopped our FOUR decades long run of a subscription. Don't support this intellectual malfeasance.
Decades ago, we started out with a noble idea, equality for all regardless of skin color, ethnicity, or sex. Now we've descended into an absurd state where people are destroyed for uttering a word from the (growing) collection determined by the mob to be offensive. Meanwhile, mob members make ludicrous claims about their "pain and suffering" from having to hear these particular words. We've become a parody and the antithesis of serious people solving serious problems.