Earlier today on NBC's Meet The Press, David Gregory had on as a guest, Glenn Greenwald, the man who broke the stories of NSA leaker Edward Snowden.
This was always gonna be interesting...
Now, let's be honest here. Neither of these two people were starting from an attitude of trying to find the truth. Both are basically political operatives, especially Glenn Greenwald. Most journalists that operate in the Beltway bubble, are basically too close to Government to be truly independent of it, we've seen that before between 2001 and 2003. And Glenn Greenwald has a history of attacking people who challenge him on his stories. Trust me on that one, I've been on the recieving end. He doesn't debate people, he just tries to humiliate them, which totally debases and devalues whatever points he was trying to make.
The fact is, the real story is getting lost in this "Where In The World is Edward Snowden?" nonsense, and also being lost in Glenn Greenwald's egomania.
The real story is this. Why did two parties flip positions on this whole idea, just because a Democratic Party president is now in office as opposed to a Republican president? Why do politicians think it's okay to have people spying on innocent civilians? If it wasn't right for George W Bush's administration to do it, then it still isn't right for Barack Obama's administration to do it.
In Britain, our government is not really run by politicians, but by civil servants. They keep the machinery of government operating all the time. They're not called civil servants in the US, but basically, there are government workers, who are employed to keep the US Government operating, and basically, these people are not elected, they are employed, and basically, they, like most other workers, will do whatever it takes to justify their existence. And there are similar individuals in most governments around the world. That's who really runs your government.
There is no Illuminati, no secret organisation that controls governments worldwide. It's much simpler than that.
But that's not what makes for good journalism these days. Truth does not sell newspapers. Truth does not sell advertising on talk radio stations. Truth does not help the bottom line of media companies. So, here's the truth about journalism these days. Journalism is not about truth any more. Journalism these days, is about supporting a political agenda, and using that agenda to make money from it. Most so-called journalists these days are nothing more than political operatives supporting agendas that are designed to make money for their political and economic masters. Reality and actuality have very little to do with journalism these days. From Fox News, Sun News, The Daily Mail and The Daily Star on one side, to the Mirror, The Guardian, Current and MSNBC on the other, journalists these days are just about making money, and not about telling the truth.
That's the reality of journalism today.
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