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Tue Aug 13 2013

• [l] Lacher des Tages: Die New York Times führt ein Interview mit Snowden. Ihre erste Frage? Warum bist du denn mit deinen Leaks nicht zu uns gekommen, sondern zu diesen unbekannten Nobodys im Ausland!1!! Seine Antwort?

  After 9/11, many of the most important news outlets in America abdicated their role as a check to power — the journalistic responsibility to challenge the excesses of government — for fear of being seen as unpatriotic and punished in the market during a period of heightened nationalism. From a business perspective, this was the obvious strategy, but what benefited the institutions ended up costing the public dearly. The major outlets are still only beginning to recover from this cold period.

  Treffer, versenkt!