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sabrina 1

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12. No dilemma for me. I know the difference between right and le, I mean 'right and wrong'.
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 02:55 AM
Jun 2013

All Journalists are open to scrutiny. And you can stop with the old 'Prism' talking point, it's been debunked numerous times.

But back to what I think you are saying and you can correct me if I'm wrong. Are you saying that if a journalist writes an article and some people do not agree with what he says, that it is okay for powerful people to pay Spy Corporations (yes we have them and they have gone after Greenwald and others in the past, mostly paid for by the Chamber of Commerce, the Kock Bros among others) to conduct smear campaigns against them?

You're okay with paid for smear campaigns against journalists?

Only attack the messengers of critical stories not supporting your cause. railsback Jun 2013 #1
"Got it" grasswire Jun 2013 #2
LoL! railsback Jun 2013 #4
Did you support the smear campaign against Clinton? Do you support the sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #3
I'm just saying it stops no one here from criticizing the messengers of critical dissent. railsback Jun 2013 #5
Ordinary people are allowed to 'criticize'. We are not talking about 'criticizing' sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #9
Yeah, that's quite a dilemma you got going there railsback Jun 2013 #11
No dilemma for me. I know the difference between right and le, I mean 'right and wrong'. sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #12
What PRISM 'talking point' was debunked? railsback Jun 2013 #14
NSA "Disappears" Its Own Fact Sheet on Spying Program bvar22 Jun 2013 #32
Oooo! railsback Jun 2013 #33
I didn't think you would have a credible response. bvar22 Jun 2013 #35
I guess to be credible railsback Jun 2013 #36
No. If you are concerned in the slightest about your "credibility", bvar22 Jun 2013 #38
Your 'sources' require assumptions railsback Jun 2013 #39
Have you no dignity, my friend? Have you when all is said and done no HardTimes99 Jun 2013 #15
Yep...it's the companion piece to this, really..... MADem Jun 2013 #23
If TPTB had been dismissive of Snowden from day 1, he would have gotten less traction. grasswire Jun 2013 #7
I agree. The more they attack both Greenwald and Snowden, the more they advertise what they sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #10
I love this post. It makes some very important points limpyhobbler Jun 2013 #6
The media (including DU) is in especially full spin/deflection mode today PSPS Jun 2013 #8
Same where I am. I haven't met anyone who is not livid about their government spying on them. sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #13
Oh no, I LOVE the gov't spying on everybody nikto Jun 2013 #16
you're laboring under the delusion that criticism of spying = criticism of obama specifically. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #18
Our government has to distract from Snowden caseymoz Jun 2013 #17
Well this morning, I saw that this is backfiring big time on the smearers Catherina Jun 2013 #25
I sure could use the money I've been stiffed of by former clients right now. Demit Jun 2013 #29
Well, didn't I just predict this? caseymoz Jun 2013 #30
First they came for Eddie. . . ucrdem Jun 2013 #19
^^^SATIRE ALERT ^^^^ THE US IS NOT COMING FOR ANYONE AND THAT INCLUDES ASSANGE ^^^^ ucrdem Jun 2013 #20
You shouldn't explain your own jokes. nt Romulus Quirinus Jun 2013 #31
If you believe that... dreamnightwind Jun 2013 #21
I'd love to hear more about the data center but this is not about the data center. ucrdem Jun 2013 #22
Wow. dreamnightwind Jun 2013 #24
Concern about an out of control private snooping industry Democracyinkind Jun 2013 #26
Thank you, Catherina! Octafish Jun 2013 #27
The Executive Director, Human Rights Watch is as disgusted Catherina Jun 2013 #28
People who live in glass houses....well, you know the rest. nt kelliekat44 Jun 2013 #34
When ethics isn't on the side of the authoritarians, they bully, smear and spam. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #37
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