Picador 2015 edition, p. 247
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Today, for many in the profession, praise from the government for "responsible" reporting—for taking its direction about what should and should not be published—is a badge of honor. That this is the case is the true measure of how far adversarial journalism in the United States has fallen.
— Glenn Greenwald
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About Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Edward Greenwald (born March 6, 1967) is an American political journalist, lawyer, columnist, blogger and author, known for his role in a series of reports published by The Guardian newspaper beginning in June 2013, detailing the United States and British global surveillance programs, and based on classified documents disclosed by Edward Snowden. Greenwald and the team he worked with won both a George Polk Award and a Pulitzer Prize for those reports.
About Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Edward Greenwald (born March 6, 1967) is an American political journalist, lawyer, columnist, blogger and author, known for his role in a series of reports published by The Guardian newspaper beginning in June 2013, detailing the United States and British global surveillance programs, and based on classified documents disclosed by Edward Snowden. Greenwald and the team he worked with won both a George Polk Award and a Pulitzer Prize for those reports.
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