Edward Snowden, Whistle-Blower

Re:Edward Snowden, Whistle-Blower by saraid216 on Thursday January 02, 2014 @06:00PM (#7003001)

> The lionization of Snowden is baffling when it was already well-known.

It's because Snowden made for a good messiah. Better PR trumps good journalism.

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Re:Edward Snowden, Whistle-Blower by zhengyi13 on Thursday January 02, 2014 @06:49PM (#7003250)

Really? You think the lionization doesn't come from the incredible personal risk he took to bring forward incontrovertible evidence of wrongdoing on a massive scale by very powerful people?

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Re:Edward Snowden, Whistle-Blower by saraid216 on Thursday January 02, 2014 @07:19PM (#7003419)

You ask that as if it wasn't what I said.

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