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Glenn: "much of the U.S. media and Silicon Valley giants decided that ensuring Trump’s defeat was such an overarching goal, a moral imperative, that anything and everything was justified to achieve it."

Not surprising. During the Bosnian War of the 1990's, most Western journalists and editors felt the same way, and behaved the same way, to obtain their desired military intervention against the Serb minority. They kept publishing blatant falseholds long after they were discredited: 250,000 dead, 60,000 rapes. They suppressed inconvenient info: the Bosnian Government's murderous assault on an independent Bosnian Muslim enclave in northwest Bosnia, civilians held in appalling camps by their preferred sides in the conflict, Croat forces destroying the old bridge of Mostar, and hundreds of other such tidbits that would still the bloodlust of their readers in wanting to see the Serbs destroyed. The journalists there, who prided themselves on knowing nothing about the area before getting there (to show they were unbiased!), all stayed in the same hotel and felt like they belonged to "a club".

This is just human nature. Exactly why journalism cannot be left in the hands of an elite guild.

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This is a persistent pattern. Deny, deny, deny, all the while smearing the sources, and then, all of a sudden, report it yourself as though history started today.

Recall in the 2016 primary that we are told, categorically, the DNC did not weigh in on the side of Clinton. Then, all of a sudden: "of course the DNC played favorites; why wouldn't they support the candidate they think has the best chance / has been a life-long Democrat?"

The very next 2018 cycle the DNC / DCCC / DSCC began overtly favoring candidates in the primary, up to and including running negative campaigns against more progressive primary candidates, and that was business as usual. The very thing party supporters denounced as crazy conspiracy suddenly became "no duh."

The same will happen here, no doubt. What was once whacked out "fake news" will quickly become some bullshit narrative like: "international relations are complex and this is a mountain out of a mole hill; advancing American interests always includes mixing of public-private relationships. How else do you get things done?"

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Great article. Thank you so much. What concerns me is how successful they were in keeping this from the public. Of equal concern may be the trust so many people still have in the MSM after the blatant lies. People are in denial. You speak to any regular reader of the NYT or WP, they will get extremely defensive or say you are full of bs for pointing it out. Mr. Greenwald should create a new news outlet and drive the rest out of business.

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“ much of the U.S. media and Silicon Valley giants decided that ensuring Trump’s defeat was such an overarching goal, a moral imperative, that anything and everything was justified to achieve it — including uniting with the professional liars of the CIA to disseminate blatant falsehoods about the Hunter Biden materials in order to discredit them,”

THAT is the truth of it. Thank you, Mr. Greenwald.

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The recent reports on Hunter Biden't contacts with China may be true. But the important thing is that no one in industry or Congress is immune. Elaine Chao, McConnell's husband is proof of this. Business is business. When McConnell does it, no problem. Joe Biden's problem began when he pretended to be whiter than snow. His long term adoration of his deceased son created the Hunter Biden we know today. Hunter is an accomplished artist and he should stick to it because he's good. So let's talk about Elaine Chao instead. The more I read Glenn, the more marginalized I feel. Hard to read mainstream news without wanting to vomit.

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Glenn Greenwald strikes again! *Queue "Superman: The Movie" theme song as Glenn flies around in outer space*

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Mockingbird media x 50 years

Mockingbird social media

Mockingbird companies

Mockingbird Congress

Mockingbird Hollywood

Mockingbird elites

They are everywhere and they are mocking us.....

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In my opinion the main difference between the Hunter Biden emails and the Hillary emails from 2016 is that the Hillary emails were published by Wikileaks and verified using the DKIM signature (cryptographic proof that they were authentic).

On the other hand, the Hunter Biden emails were promoted by Rudy and were not DKIM verified or anything. Since Wikileaks' use of the DKIM signatures to verify the emails was widely publicized, it's obvious that Rudy and the Trump supporters are have not hired someone to build a website to do DKIM verification of the emails because the emails would not turn out to be authentic.

Most media outlets are highly partisan, and so in my opinion the relevant information is that those wishing to promote the emails have not taken obvious steps to prove they are authentic.

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I agree with the comments here. When a parent continues to idolize a deceased sibling, there's nothing a second child can do to fill that sibling's exaggerated shoes. I have felt sad about Hunter's fate. I have seen his art online and it is clear that he is blessed with an exceptional talent. A parent who is a corporate shill and a narcissistic political climber has no room in his heart for a son who has taken a different path. In fact, I am amazed that despite of his father's rejection he works on his own to do great things.

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