The Age of Censorship

For John, BLUF:  This is an indictment of the Fourth Estate, by one of its practicioners.  In the past we have counted on the raucous Fourth Estate to protect us from the secretative tendencies of the Government.  Apparently, no more.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Article on Joe and Hunter Biden Censored By The Intercept

Here is the sub-headline:

An attempt to assess the importance of the known evidence, and a critique of media lies to protect their favored candidate, could not be published at The Intercept

From Greenwald, at Substack, by Newsman Glenn Greenwald, 29 October 2020.

Here is the Introduction:

I am posting here the most recent draft of my article about Joe and Hunter Biden — the last one seen by Intercept editors before telling me that they refuse to publish it absent major structural changes involving the removal of all sections critical of Joe Biden, leaving only a narrow article critiquing media outlets. I will also, in a separate post, publish all communications I had with Intercept editors surrounding this article so you can see the censorship in action and, given the Intercept’s denials, decide for yourselves (this is the kind of transparency responsible journalists provide, and which the Intercept refuses to this day to provide regarding their conduct in the Reality Winner story). This draft obviously would have gone through one more round of proof-reading and editing by me — to shorten it, fix typos, etc — but it’s important for the integrity of the claims to publish the draft in unchanged form that Intercept editors last saw, and announced that they would not “edit” but completely gut as a condition to publication:

I commend the article to you.

Keep in mind that Mr Greenwald was shut out by a Media organization, The Intercept, that he and two others founded, six years back.

I commend Reporter Glenn Greenwald to you as someone to help you see the third, or fourth, or fifth side of any given problem.

Regards  —  Cliff