Glenn Greenwald ain't no Libertarian, Part 2: Wall Street

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10. The strawman is the one you built. A political writer is contacted by a source with material

that turns out to be of great interest and value to the American people, that their Govt is spying on them, and he has the courage to publish the exposures. This is generally called a 'scoop' in the world of journalism and in fact that is what most Democrats called those journalists during the Bush years when Whistle Blowers came forward and their leaks were published by journalists.

What I'm trying to figure out is when some on the Left, who if you recall took the exact opposite position regarding news outlets SITTING on stories, in fact when they NYT DID NOT publish the first exposure from a Whistle Blower that the Bush admin was SPYING ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, the Left went BERSERK, and rightly so.

So what I'm trying to find out is when these few on the Left who were screaming the opposite tune back then, suddenly switched positions and now view journalists who actually are doing what they claimed they wanted, 'leaches' and other nasty names.

Can you explain this? It makes absolutely ZERO sense, (especially the childish name calling). And who is Greenwald's 'homeboy' btw?