In the world of journalism, this is … kind of a big deal.
Glenn Greenwald has just announced his resignation from The Intercept — which he cofounded — and he’s not holding back about why:
My Resignation From The Intercept
The same trends of repression, censorship and ideological homogeneity plaguing the national press generally have engulfed the media outlet I co-founded, culminating in censorship of my own articles.https://t.co/dZrlYGfEBf
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 29, 2020
"The final, precipitating cause is that The Intercept’s editors censored an article I wrote this week, refusing to publish it unless I remove all sections critical of Joe Biden, the candidate vehemently supported by all Intercept editors involved in this effort at suppression."
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 29, 2020
More from Greenwald:
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.
I had no objection to their disagreement with my views of what this Biden evidence shows: as a last-ditch attempt to avoid being censored, I encouraged them to air their disagreements with me by writing their own articles that critique my perspectives and letting readers decide who is right, the way any confident and healthy media outlet would. But modern media outlets do not air dissent; they quash it. So censorship of my article, rather than engagement with it, was the path these Biden-supporting editors chose.
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"But the pathologies, illiberalism, and repressive mentality that led to the bizarre spectacle of my being censored by my own media outlet are ones that are not unique to The Intercept."
I'll be doing my journalism at Substack for now. Subscribe here:https://t.co/dZrlYGfEBf
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 29, 2020
Our jaws are on the floor.
!!!!! https://t.co/ZkQNJe4mlh
— Eli Lake (@EliLake) October 29, 2020
— Thomas Chatterton Williams ? ? (@thomaschattwill) October 29, 2020
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) October 29, 2020
Woah! https://t.co/WTvNXwV1ZR
— Larry O'Connor (@LarryOConnor) October 29, 2020
Woah what?? https://t.co/k5tggDjoD3
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) October 29, 2020
One can disagree with Greenwald, but you can’t say he doesn’t stand for something. https://t.co/rblE64UPkZ
— kaitlin, pro-life queen (@thefactualprep) October 29, 2020
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