Glenn Greenwald Got Into A Fistfight On A Live Radio Show

[demmiblue]

A Brazilian far-right journalist tried to strike Greenwald after a heated argument during the live taping of a radio show in Brazil.

Glenn Greenwald got into a fistfight with Augusto Nunes, a far-right Brazilian journalist, during the live taping of a radio show in Brazil.

The two journalists had a heated exchange over Nunes' previous comments about Greenwald's children with his husband, Brazilian politician David Miranda.

Nunes had said, "I was thinking of this couple: Glenn Greenwald spends the day on Twitter or working as a recipient of stolen messages; David is in Brasilia [...]. Who takes care of the children they adopted? That's what the Juvenile Court should investigate."

The "stolen messages" Nunes was referring to were leaked messages from law enforcement officials that raised concerns about Brazil's vast corruption investigation — which were published by the news site that Greenwald cofounded and writes for, the Intercept.

Greenwald addressed Nunes' comments on the radio show Pânico, which is broadcast on the network Jovem Pan.

"We have a lot of political differences, I have no problem being criticized for my work. I criticize him too, but what he did was the ugliest and dirtiest thing I've ever seen in my career as a journalist," Greenwald said on the show.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/glenn-greenwald-fistfight-brazil-radio-show

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[tblue37]

1. The other guy hit him first, and then but him again in the face. I don't much like Greenwald,

but he merely held the other guy's slapping hands away and then stood up, while the other guy physically assaulted him twice.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. Gotta keep those hands up. Never get in someone's face like

that with your guard down. And yes, not surprised seeing fascists behave as such.

[intrepidity]

3. Nunes throws an unprovoked right hook to Greenwald's head

What a fucking dick.

[Blue_Tires]

4. I'll just leave this here:

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