> On Mar 25, 2017, at 2:22 PM, Razer <g...@riseup.net> wrote: > > > >> On 03/25/2017 11:08 AM, John Newman wrote: >> >>> On Mar 25, 2017, at 12:13 PM, Razer <g...@riseup.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On 03/25/2017 08:40 AM, John Newman wrote: >>>>> On Mar 24, 2017, at 7:08 PM, juan <juan....@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://theintercept.com/2017/03/24/apple-says-it-fixed-cia-vulnerabilities-years-ago/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> for people who haven't been paying attention, the majority of articles >>>>> published by the intercept are garbage like the one linked above. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> one would think greenwald being the founder and editor has some kind of >>>>> responsibility for and control over the government propaganda he >>>>> publishes. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> notice that the majority of comments on the article are rational and >>>>> hostile to that sort of content - yet the intercept doesn't give a fuck >>>>> >>>>> notice also that the 'progressive' 'lefty' intercept is actually a >>>>> mouthpice for the flagship of american fascist corporatism, apple inc. >>>>> Perhaps hardly surprising if one takes into account that the intercept >>>>> is owned by paypal inc. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> It seems to me Greenwald & co. used the Snowden revelations for >>>> self-enrichment to a very large degree. I guess you can argue all >>>> day long about their intentions, but there is no doubt the Snowden >>>> shit has been a massive gravy train for the journalists involved…. >>>> >>>> Not to say I would have stories put back in the bottle, obviously :P >>>> >>>> >>> >>> I'd say the Snowden Papers put The_Intercept on the >>> continuation-of-publishing-viability 'gravy train' anyway. I haven't >>> seen what @ggreenwald's tax returns look like so I have no way of >>> judging his, or any of the staff's self-enrichment due to them. >>> >>> This article >>> <http://frostsnow.com/glenn-greenwald-s-net-worth-is-8-5-billion-know-about-his-career-and-awards> >>> claims his net worth was $8.5 billion dollars in 2013, before the >>> Snowden papers fell in his lap, so it would seem he just doesn't need >>> the money that much to swing in his hammock down in Brasil, and he was >>> the founding partner of a law firm, not a cheap proposition, so his >>> wealth likely precedes his publishing career. Further, according to >>> Wikipedia he did his BA in Philosophy at GWU... NOT an inexpensive >>> school to take a non-career-path Baccalaureate, so it would seem wealth >>> was in the family before he ever had a career. >>> >>> Rr >>> >> >> Interesting, I had no idea Greenwald was a BILLIONAIRE - presumably born >> that way? >> Or born with a lot of money and turned into more with legal career? >> >> In any case, changes my perspective a little. have to do some digging ;) >> >> John > > > He certainly doesn't flaunt his wealth. I'm perhaps a little skeptical > of the $8.5 billion figure but on the other hand net worth is an > interesting calculation that can include intangibles and such. > > I think he was born into money. Wikipedia lists his parent's names but > they don't have entries on site so it would take some digging to come up > with biographical information. > > Rr >
The article actually says 8.5 Million in the body of the piece - "As per Forbes estimation in 2013, 49 year old Glenn is standing with a net worth of $8.5 million. This figure is supposed to have increased significantly since then." And the first comment on the page says - "You dummies have mixed up Greenwald's net worth with that of Ebay founder Pierre Omidyar, who had funded a joint venture with Greenwald. Omidyar is/was worth 8.5 billion." So i am extremely dubious Greenwald is worth anywhere near 8.5 billion ;) But the main link still has billion in the URL... maybe they made a correction to the body of the article? Still, 8.5M is a lot of money. But it's not ultra ruling elite money like 8.5B ..... John