"They're are completely petrified of Trump" - Progressive journalist G. Greenwald

It is our opinion that Glenn is one of the best reporters in the world. He comes from the left. He’s gay. (Many people on the “right” are gay it must be said.) He is married to a man.* He broke the Snowden story. He was targeted by the “right-wing” president of Brazil. And he was right on Russiagate from the very beginning.
Glenn has followed his conscience even though it has cost him standing with longtime friends, colleagues and lots of money. He says what he actually thinks and has reported, as far as we can see over say the last 7 years or so, fairly and with open eyes.
In many respects he is a dissident. (A dissident reporter in the USA, think about that.) Shunned by an establishment that has taken leave of journalistic standards in the name of “mean girling” Trump, and really anyone who is to the right of Bernie Sanders, Glenn has called out both sides consistently.
For that he has gained respect from those of us who value independent thought and are deeply concerned by the simpleminded conformity we see in a large part of the population. But he has also annoyed the establishment and those who would prefer to toe the establishmentarian line, that censorship is OK, that lawfare is OK, that cancel culture is OK, that corporatism fused with gigantic government is OK, that flat out lying for political reasons is OK.
Many on the left (though many thankfully seem to be seeing the light) have wondered why Glenn would go on Tucker Carleson’s show, as he has. Has he become some “conservative”?
Hardly.
No, he is doing good journalism and is going where he can be heard, and heard fairly.
Anyway, Glenn says that the establishment is “petrified of Trump”.
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