Glenn Greenwald is one of many writers on Salon.com. However Salon is just one of many new opinion web site that seem to be growing in number weekly. Each one of them has a host of interesting writers. Unless you want to devote you entire life to reading their thoughts you will have to make choices.
Mr. Greenwald, a lawyer and writer, has appeared on at least two televison interview shows this past week. He had the nerve to critcize those people who watch cable television news, claiming “you can actually physically feel your brain shrinking.” What he does not seem to understand is that most of us have never heard of him and most of his colleagues before they appeared on CNN, The Rachel Maddow Show, Bill Moyers Journal, etc.
The problem with too many of these commentators is that they believe that they have the inside track to knowledge. They seem to think that their readers and viewers are not bright enough to understand the real things that are happening in the world. WordPress.com has more than 163,000 active blogs. Considering there are other blogging opportunities as well, it should be obvious to all that watching cable TV is only part of our passion.
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