This is a dang near perfect takedown of the MSM reporters, writers, journos, whatever self-aggrandizing terms they are using this week for being well-off, privileged “influencers” in their twenties.
Most journos are content-churning jerks who alternate between puff pieces and hit pieces. And Greenwald has the hell out of their number here.
Again, Scoopers, would love to not use Tweets, but that’s where the journos SEE this and they NEED to see it.
As this thread reflects, there are so many extremely privileged journalists who write for the most established corporate outlets, make big salaries, have enormous megaphones, who instantly self-victimize the minute another journalist critiques them, no matter how mildly… https://t.co/i9o4G42cxe
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 31, 2021
This is the thread Greenwald is talking about.
Any sort of criticism of these guys leads to AHHH MY MENCHIES. It's so completely disingenuous. I also am genuinely baffled by their inability to write without all sorts of weird infantilized speech — everything is poopie and doggos etc. It is very strange. pic.twitter.com/yo9YqsS5pw
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) January 29, 2021
2/ At the end of the day they want to be able to spout their opinions 24/7, which is totally fine and which is something I do too. But you can't decide to have an opinion on everything all the time AND melt down whenever someone doesn't like what you say!
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) January 29, 2021
"Someone criticized you on Twitter — please stay safe!" pic.twitter.com/l8FKVWPDtp
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) January 29, 2021
Anyway I will drop it but here is the article that she is mad I tweeted. You can judge for yourself whether her claim, that I am against anyone ever commenting on anyone's ethical standards, is an exaggeration.https://t.co/OLdDcSrNSn
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) January 29, 2021
Greenwald continues.
Every time they whine this way, other blue-check journalists gather to say "oh my god I hope you're OK" and "so sorry you're going through this" as though their house and all their belongings were destroyed by a tornado:https://t.co/CDZOqnSLPh
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 31, 2021
So many of these big-name national journalists have it better than just about anyone else: a very secure job, a mega-loud platform, the ability to work from home.
But they are so enamored of themselves & their status that they regard criticism as abuse, disagreement as violence.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 31, 2021
As someone who gets as much bile, bigotry and abuse as anyone, I can say that one of the only good things that has happened to journalism in the last two decades is the internet & social media made journalists hear dialogue & hear critiques rather than speaking from mountaintops.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 31, 2021
I have to repeat this part.
So many of these big-name national journalists have it better than just about anyone else: a very secure job, a mega-loud platform, the ability to work from home.
But they are so enamored of themselves & their status that they regard criticism as abuse, disagreement as violence.
Yes yes yes yes. Absolutely NAILS it. I mean, just look at This Fat, Dumb and Bald Guy for a perfect example.