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by cgshaw 4693 days ago
Greenwald's response...

"Reuters is the absolute worst at tearing comments out of context for sensationalizing headlines. The paraphrase:

Q: Will the UK's detention of your partner deter your future reporting?

A: Absolutely not. If anything, it will do the opposite. It will embolden me: I have many more documents to report on, including ones about the UK, where I'll now focus more. I will be more aggressive, not less, in reporting.

Q: What effect do you think they'll be of the UK's detention of your partner?

A: When they do things like this, they show the world their real character. It'll backfire. I think they'll come to regret it.

REUTERS: HE VOWS TO PUBLISH DOCUMENTS ABOUT UK AFTER DETENTION, SAYS THEY WILL BE SORRY!!!"

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1rm09tf

1 comments

The problem is going to be that the UK tabloids will pick up the Reuters feed and then make it sound like some barmy American is threatening Our Brave Lads. Guardian readers + other 'broadsheet' readers are not the voters who elect governments over here...