Category: 2020

A Massive Earthquake in the World of Journalism

Glenn Greenwald resigns from The Intercept, which he co-founded:

Today I sent my intention to resign from The Intercept, the news outlet I co-founded in 2013 with Jeremy Scahill and Laura Poitras, as well as from its parent company First Look Media.

The final, precipitating cause is that The Intercept’s editors, in violation of my contractual right of editorial freedom, censored an article I wrote this week, refusing to publish it unless I remove all sections critical of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the candidate vehemently supported by all New-York-based Intercept editors involved in this effort at suppression.

The censored article, based on recently revealed emails and witness testimony, raised critical questions about Biden’s conduct. Not content to simply prevent publication of this article at the media outlet I co-founded, these Intercept editors also demanded that I refrain from exercising a separate contractual right to publish this article with any other publication.

Update: Tucker Carlson interview

Vice Presidential Debate: Open Thread

Some reactions that I concur with).

OOOHHH… Pence just hit Harris in the nuts on her Breonna Taylor answer, reminding her she was a Crown Prosecutor.

“The third time it’s enemy action”

The sudden illness of so many prominent Republicans brought to mind a mostly forgotten incident in January 2018. A chartered train carrying Republican lawmakers and their families to a retreat collided with a garbage truck that inexplicably was stranded on the track. The front car derailed, killing one person. The media displayed no interest in the story and offered no follow-up articles explaining the unlikely scenario…

Update: White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany tests positive
h/t Ghost of Ed

President Trump And First Lady Positive For COVID-19

In the wee hours of Friday morning, President Donald Trump announced he and first Lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19.
 
“Tonight, [the first lady] and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!

Memo from his physician

Update — Trump has been taken to Walter Reed hospital, no sign yet of serious illness, but there’s obviously a lot of concern.

I’ve been away from the desk all day on a job site, you can drop your own updates in the comments, as I have to head back in a few minutes. Unfortunately my only feed there is CNN. It’s hard to believe this, but I’d forgotten what a bottom feeding, mind reading, no-speculation-too-wild crapfest that network is.

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