Oct 30, 2020 13:15:00

Well-known journalist leaves news site The Intercept for being forced to remove Biden's criticism

Glenn Greenwald , a journalist who was involved in the exposure of the government's national surveillance system 'PRISM' by former NSA employee Edward Snowden in June 2013, and later co-founded the news site The Intercept. Mr. Wald has announced that he has offered to leave The Intercept and its parent company First Look Media (FLM). The reason for leaving the company is that he was asked to censor and delete the content of the article written by Mr. Greenwald, which violates the freedom of contractual editing.

My Resignation From The Intercept --Greenwald
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/my-resignation-from-the-intercept

Greenwald is a journalist who played a major role in Snowden's accusation. At the time of the accusation, Greenwald contributed an article to the British daily The Guardian, but in 2014 he

launched the news site The Intercept with documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras and journalist Jeremy Scahill. Established jointly.

According to Greenwald, the issue was an article about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. The editor argued to Greenwald that he wouldn't be listed on The Intercept unless he removed all the items that were critical of Biden. He also asked not to exercise his right to publish this article elsewhere.

In response to the editor's claim, in order to avoid censorship of his article, Mr. Greenwald posted an article with a critical perspective on Mr. Greenwald's article separately from his own article, and the judgment is made to the reader. I proposed to entrust it, but he said that it was not accepted.

Greenwald has published a draft article about the author, Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, in question.

Article on Joe and Hunter Biden Censored By The Intercept --Greenwald
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/article-on-joe-and-hunter-biden-censored

In the first place, Greenwald founded The Intercept to create a new medium for journalists to enjoy 'freedom of editing.' After its founding, Greenwald, along with co-founders Poitras and Skayhill, decided early on on a policy of 'focusing on journalist activities rather than managing day-to-day operations.'

It seems that there were many aspects in which The Intercept could have been Greenwald's ideal media. But Greenwald wanted to stay at The Intercept, at least as long as his own journalism was upheld. However, he was in a situation where 'the minimum but even the basic rights were suppressed by the editorial team', and he announced that he would leave the company this time.