There is no way to overstate what a massive scandal this is. In the weeks before the election, the CIA invented a blatant lie: that the NY Post's documents were "Russian disinformation." Big Tech then *censored* the reporting, and corporate outlets spent weeks spreading the lie: pic.twitter.com/k9h6Xwubfv
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 22, 2021
The huge irony here is even the ex-CIA operatives — led by Brennan and Clapper — *admitted* they had no evidence to believe this came from Russia or was fake. Yet none of the outlets that spread their lies — CNN, NBC, HuffPost, The Intercept — will mention all this new proof: pic.twitter.com/epWPuwoKYD
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 22, 2021
A key point: the same media outlets that spread the CIA lies that this was "Russian disinformation" — all to protect Biden — are the same ones now who insist they *combat* disinformation and need to censor the internet to protect you from it. Look at what slimy frauds they are: pic.twitter.com/ElyIX8z4bB
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 22, 2021
Crucially, none of the outlets which spread CIA's pre-election lies will even bother to grapple with this new proof (try to find any mention of it on The Intercept's site), just as they ignored their lies about Alfa Bank, etc. Their job is to lie, hence my conclusion about them: pic.twitter.com/uZL0WFhLva
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 22, 2021
CNN is state TV.
That's why their newsroom and airwaves are filled with ex CIA and intelligence operatives, FBI officials, Pentagon functionaries and other security state ghouls telling lies like this under the guise of "news," right out in the open:https://t.co/kjLH42GM1N
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 22, 2021
h/t big_hearted_lion