Today’s episode of SYSTEM UPDATE on this topic — with guest Ira Glasser, the Executive Director of the ACLU from 1978-2001 and subject of the new documentary “Mighty Ira” — can be viewed on The Intercept’s You Tube channel or on the player… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘Glenn Greenwald’
Facebook and Twitter Cross a Line Far More Dangerous Than What They Censor
The New York Post is one of the country’s oldest and largest newspapers. Founded in 1801 by Alexander Hamilton, only three U.S. newspapers are more widely circulated. Ever since it was purchased in 1976 by media mogul Rupert Murdoch, it… Read More ›
New Documents Reveal How the Animal Agriculture Industry Surveils and Punishes Critics
This week’s SYSTEM UPDATE on this topic — with Dr. Crystal Heath, one of the veterinarians targeted by these industry campaigns for retaliation — can be viewed on The Intercept’s YouTube channel, or on the player below. Animal agriculture industry groups defending… Read More ›
As Joe Rogan's Platform Grows, So Does the Media and Liberal Backlash. Why?
Today’s SYSTEM UPDATE examining this topic — with guest Shant Mesrobian, former Obama 2008 strategist and author of a recent viral thread on the liberal contempt for Rogan — debuts at 2:00 p.m. ET on The Intercept’s YouTube channel. Joe… Read More ›
Journalism's New Propaganda Tool: Using "Confirmed" to Mean its Opposite
One of the most humiliating journalism debacles of the Trump era played out on December 8, 2017, first on CNN and then on MSNBC. The spectacle kicked off on that Friday morning at 11:00 a.m. when CNN, deploying its most melodramatic music and graphics designed… Read More ›
Aaron Coleman, the 19-Year-Old Progressive Who Won His Kansas Primary, Speaks About His Troubled Past and Promising Present
At 7:00 pm ET tonight, I will host a live chat on The Intercept’s YouTube channel to take questions from readers and viewers about a wide array of topics, including the Democratic Party convention, the Alex Morse attacks, the possible pardon… Read More ›
How "Cancel Culture" Repeatedly Emerged in My Attempt to Make a Film About Tennis Legend Martina Navratilova
Hall of Fame inductee Martina Navratilova, second from right, laughs with tennis legend Billie Jean King during a group photo with Navratilova’s former doubles partner, Pam Shriver, far left, and former coach, Dr. Renée Richards, after enshrinement ceremonies at the… Read More ›
How the House Armed Services Committee, in the Middle of a Pandemic, Approved a Huge Military Budget and More War in Afghanistan
Today’s SYSTEM UPDATE episode about this topic can be viewed on The Intercept’s YouTube channel or on the player below. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. smiles as she arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex… Read More ›
Should the Populist Left Work With the Populist Right Where They Have Common Ground, or Shun Them?
Today’s SYSTEM UPDATE episode about this topic — with guests Krystal Ball and Nathan Robinson — can be viewed on The Intercept’s YouTube channel or on the player below. A significant ideological split within GOP politics is as clear and vitriolic as the one within the… Read More ›
The CIA's Murderous Practices, Disinformation Campaigns, and Interference in Other Countries Still Shape the World Order and U.S. Politics
In the weeks before the 2016 presidential election, the most powerful former leaders of the Central Intelligence Agency did everything they could to elect Hillary Clinton and defeat Donald Trump. President Obama’s former acting CIA chief Michael Morrell published a… Read More ›