Glenn Greenwald To Receive Courage Award

[Larry the Cable Dude]

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — The journalist most associated with the coverage of Edward Snowden's leak of phone and Internet surveillance by the National Security Agency will be this year's recipient of the University of Georgia's McGill Medal for Journalistic Courage.

Glenn Greenwald was a columnist for The Guardian and is now a founder of First Look Media's "The Intercept." He'll receive the award during a ceremony in the fall.

Last June, Greenwald was the first journalist to report that the NSA was collecting the telephone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon, one of America's largest telecom providers.

Greenwald was nominated for the UGA award by Dorothy Parvaz, an editor at Al Jazeera English and last year's award recipient.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/01/glenn-greenwald-award-courage-georgia-snowden-nsa-leaks-guardian_n_5067527.html

[Ichingcarpenter]

1. Also very brave for the University of Georgia

when you think of it.

Congratulations indeed.

[stonecutter357]

2. libertarians strike me as very odd.

[sabrina 1]

25. If you want to know Greenwald's political affiliation, all you have to do is read his own statements

in response to the smear campaigns against him.

You DO know that a contract to smear Greenwald was bid on after he began reporting on the Big Banks corruption that caused the fall of the world's economies?

I suppose if people support the Big Banks they are going to hate journalists who expose their corruption but a majority of the people here and elsewhere WANT those criminals prosecuted. Which is why it became urgent for the Big Banks to try to smear ANYONE who was courageous enough to expose them and their practices.

Greenwald more than deserves this award.

[SidDithers]

3. Wow, seriously?...nt

Sid

[FSogol]

4. Everything old is new again!

[tridim]

5. LMAO at these google results. Ego much Glenn?

https://www.google.com/search?q=slit+scan&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US:IE-Address&ie=&oe=#q=Journalist+involved+in+NSA+leak+to+win+UGA+award&rls=com.microsoft:en-US:IE-Address

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And on and on and on and on....

[KittyWampus]

6. are you suggesting he posted those all himself? I am sincerely baffled

by your post.

As for Greenwald, I've retired myself from commenting directly on that subject.

Just curious as to your meaning.

[tridim]

7. Yes, It's a PR release for the benefit of Glenn's massive ego. nt

[KittyWampus]

8. damn, I really am trying not to comment on Greenwald.

[rtracey]

15. oh thats easy

Then don't..... the more we comment the more they remain in the front of the news cycle. I am growing weary of Greenwald, Snowden, NSA, all of it.

[PowerToThePeople]

16. NSA trashing 4th amendment is very important

Many people need to be in jail over these things.

[sabrina 1]

44. And most Americans are growing weary of having their Constitutional rights trampled over by

Government Agencies like the NSA and their Private 'security' Contractors. Thanks to Whistle Blowers and Journalists at least we know about their illegal activities, and due to their courage, it has forced our Government to at lease take some action to try to reign in these agencies.

[truedelphi]

56. I too am grateful for the Whistle blowers and those

Who have made the tough decisions for the sake of the rest of the country.

Thank you Mr Drake, and Mr Binney, and Ms Manning and Mr Snowden.

[PowerToThePeople]

9. Larry the Cable Guy is a Repuke.

http://www.hollywoodrepublican.net/who-is-a-republican/

http://watchdog.org/60611/larry-the-cable-guy-offers-kerrey-15000-to-stay-in-nebraska/

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Obvious, troll is obvious.

[Bobbie Jo]

10. Pimping Greenwald right outta the gate

Check.

[FSogol]

13. LOL

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024764632#post2

[Bobbie Jo]

17. Oh dear

[PowerToThePeople]

37. ^^^ everyone read this ^^^

Easy for trolls to play us when we cheer anyone who comes out with an anti NSA message. Most repukes dislike/distrust the NSA too. I saw a troll with a Warren banner in their sig. Easy to play us on emotions in one area to gain acceptance while being very anti-Democratic in other areas.

here is link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4768743

[JI7]

42. that's what the right wing sites are saying

[Larry the Cable Dude]

18. Weird logic

I knew he was a comedian. I didn't know his political preference. The fact that you had to post links to prove his political preferences tells us that it is unlikely for his political preferences to be widely known. Now go call the people who recommended this thread troll lovers.

[PowerToThePeople]

19. Enjoy your stay.

[Larry the Cable Dude]

30. Enjoy the recs nt

[frylock]

21. well shit, imma have to rethink my position on this NSA overreach then

good looking out!

[PowerToThePeople]

29. That was not my point.

[Octafish]

11. Congratulations, Glenn Greenwald!

Guy's taken on the secret government and the warmongers for whom it toils through his reporting.

[Fawke Em]

12. And that's largely unappreciated here for some odd reason.

[Octafish]

14. Took a survey once...

Here's what a real Lefty would know:

88-percent of DU prefers Glenn Greenwald over Cass Sunstein*.

A few details for the High Information Lefty running short on time:

Glenn Greenwald called George W Bush a war criminal and showed why he thinks that.

Then there's the opposite perspective:

Cass Sunstein worked to stop that kind of talk, as well as the investigation.

In a democracy, information matters. Really.

* The numbers have changed as people have "removed" their votes from when the survey was first posted. Now it's at 95-percent Greenwald over Sunstein.

PS: Thanks for grokking, Fawke Em. Odd how what are supposed to be voices for democracy so often side with the forces of oppression.

[woo me with science]

33. Good post.

Thank you.

[sabrina 1]

35. Great post, Octafish. I love watching Greenwald OPs. They are very, very revealing!

Cass Sunstein, I wonder how popular HE is these days on DU.

Funny how things change, or do they?

Maybe time reveals things that were hidden?

Thanks again for all you do to keep things real, Octafish.

[Oilwellian]

59. Gee, I wonder who removed their votes

[frylock]

22. i think it's larely appreciated here..

you just have a very small, loud group of posters here that love to dominate the conversation. but you'll notice that these types of Snowwald threads usually will garner a lot of recs.

[sabrina 1]

36. We should never forget that there are contracts being paid for to smear Journalists who tell the

truth about the Big Banks et al.

We found that out for sure, after Anonymous exposed HB Gary's emails where it was discovered they were bidding on a contract to smear Greenwald. Very revealing to have that actually verified. Why were the bidding on that contract? Because Greenwald was writing about possible leaks on BOA corruption.

I always keep that in mind whenever I see smears against journalists like Greenwald.

[Le Taz Hot]

20. K & R

for Glenn Greenwald. Amazing how truth pisses off Turd Way "Democrats."

[Blue_Tires]

23. Seriously?

Greenwald is a lot of things, but "courageous" isn't one of them...

Besides...People at UGA do know he's gay, right? Would he even be allowed to set foot on campus?

[Luminous Animal]

26. …

http://lgbtcenter.uga.edu/

[sabrina 1]

38. Lol, well there goes that talking point.

[Puzzledtraveller]

24. k&r

[840high]

27. me2 k/r

[bvar22]

28. Oh Boy.

THIS will cause some Foaming-at-the-Mouth from the usual group.

[QC]

31. It's already started.

They keep their mouths pre-foamed for just such occasions as this.

[sabrina 1]

39. It has ... as expected!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

32. “News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising.” Lord Northcliffe

Bravo to Glenn.

[Douglas Carpenter]

34. It is still NEVER acceptable to criticize a Democratic Administration!! And NO!! it is NOT the same

as criticizing a Republican Administration for doing the same thing!! Team players understand this!!

[m-lekktor]

40. excellent, well deserved! I just finished read the book "The Snowden Files".

Greenwald and Snowden's detractors often misrepresent the facts.

[sabrina 1]

43. Have to get that book. Thanks for the reminder!

It's putting it mildly to say 'Greenwald detractors often misrepresent the facts'. I've never seen them represent ANY facts to be honest. Just smears against the messengers.

[msanthrope]

46. At the library? nt

[me b zola]

41. Well deserved

[Jamaal510]

45. If they mean "courage"

as in ignoring Russia's abuses of human rights while trying to make something out of a (legal) surveillance program in the U.S. while other countries also do surveillance, then I agree--Mr. Greenwald is well-deserving of the Courage Award.

[frylock]

47. what are you doing about Russia's human rights abuses?

[sabrina 1]

49. Never mind Russia, I would love to know what the poster is doing about our own human rights abuses.

There's an old saying: 'Charity begins at home'. Torture, our torturers eg, are busy giving us advice on Foreign Affairs, rather than, if we cared one whit about Human Rights, sitting in jail cells for extended periods of time, life sentences would be fine with me.

I love how some people are so 'concerned' about human rights everywhere BUT right here.

If they actually were concerned about the subject, they would be supporting others who are, like Greenwald.

[sabrina 1]

48. Why do you care what other countries do? Right here, in the US the NSA has been spying on AMERICANS

All Americans. That is NOT legal, unless you don't recognize the US Constitution as the law of the land.

And yes, it does take courage to go against the constant messaging the American people are subjected through the bought and paid for Corporate Media.

Greenwald, knowing full well he has been a target of a smear campaign to be paid for by the big banks, fully deserved this award.

[dionysus]

50. A Profile In Pomposity: The Glen Greenwald Story.

[sabrina 1]

52. What's wrong with pomposity? To be a public figure it's almost a requirement. Not that I agree,

Greenwald might never have been heard from other than those who followed him throughout the Bush years when he told the truth about that criminal organization, had BOA not been looking to award a contract out on him, a small blogger at the time, for a SMEAR CAMPAIGN.

As happens often, the whole thing backfired on HB Gary, bidding on that contract for a smear campaign against Greenwald. But it's clear that SOMEONE got the contract. Although I have to say they are not doing a very good job. Greenwald climbs higher and higher in the world of Journalism all the time.

Just goes to show you, sometimes it doesn't pay to take out contracts on Journalists in order to try to smear them and thus discredit them to try to hide your criminal activities. Sometimes it's better not to give them that kind of intense attention.

I hope they're not paying too much of our tax dollars on the Greenwald smear campaign, it isn't working very well.

[dionysus]

53. i highly doubt the govt is paying anyone to orchestrate anything against Glen.

outside of political junkies like us, no one knows who he is.

[sabrina 1]

55. Well, several Democratic Congressmembers are not as sure as you are. They have asked

for an investigation into what went on regarding that contract bid having also found evidence of the possible involvement of the FBI, a tie that would be extremely illegal in this whole affair.

It is definitely a problem when Security Contractors are bidding on contracts for Smear Campaigns against mere bloggers, which is all Greenwald was at the time. A very popular Blogger on the Left, totally detested on the Right, but not known to most people outside of those two groups.

We'll see if the Dem Congressmembers manage to get the investigation they have asked for.

[truedelphi]

57. Okay so then let's take a short moment or two to remember what

Chelsea Manning took upon herself to suffer so tht by her actions, her fellow Americans could be well informed about what our war for "spreading democracy to the people of Iraq" was really about.

[dionysus]

58. Chelsea is not pompous like GG, i have respect for Manning.

[BlindTiresias]

60. heh

Sorry he wasn't sufficiently milquetoast for you. He still helped reveal some absolutely critical things and deserved recognition.

[Spirochete]

51. Greenwald.... LOL

Oops. Sorry - got ahead of myself a little. my lobotomy isn't scheduled until next week.

[idendoit]

54. Check out the selection commitee.

It's all students. This is serious stuff.

[DCBob]

61. LOL.. I guess Snowjob gets "A Home" and Assange, "A Heart".