Matt Taibbi explains that the press is now the police.
The New York Times and Washington Post Presstitutes congratulate themselves for publishing false stories handed to them by intelligence officials setting up a scapegoat for an intelligence operation by the National Security Council, writes Dr. Roberts.
Matt Taibbi’ explains in his recent column: Back from vacation I made the mistake of scanning the news and was shocked by the media’s ongoing orgy of self-congratulation and Two-Minutes-Hating, in response to the capture of “Pentagon Leaker” Jack Teixeira.
Glenn Greenwald has already covered a lot of this on System Update, but this represents a major new progression in the ongoing mutation of news media, from public advocate to cop.
The Press is Police: The New York Times and Washington Post trumpeted roles in helping identify Air National Guardsman Teixiera for the FBI. “We’re delivering him to you with his head on a platter,” is how Glenn put it.
It’s an awful look for the press. This isn’t tracking down a serial killer or exposing Enron’s fraud. The alleged “crime” here is releasing true information, information that belongs to the American public and is secret only by official designation.
At most, a newspaper might decide not to publish such information, but to help jail the leaker? It’s nuts.
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