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Date: February 20, 2012 03:51PM
The journalist, Glenn Greenwald, responded to several commenter at Salon who are concerned for his safety and/or his financial and job security. See excerpts below:
I litigated in Manhattan for more than 10 years – I’m not “naive” about how these things work – I’m fully aware of what’s likely to come, but you can’t let yourself be bullied by people like this, especially when it comes to your core principles and assertions of your important rights.
If Jody May-Chang, standing alone, is willing to take a stand for her rights, everyone should be willing to – it’s an inspiring example.
And when I was in Idaho this weekend, I heard and saw how petrified people are of writing about him – then saw more of it with Mother Jones and Forbes, and that was just too much for me.
Salon deserves a huge amount of credit for standing behind what I wrote. It’s the first time in five years that I gave them advanced warning about what I was writing – I didn’t have to, but thought it was only fair to make sure they were willing to put themselves in the position of the inevitable attacks – and they never blinked in giving me full-fledged support and encouragement.
A lot of places – most – would do not that, but they understood and immediately embraced the journalistic importance of doing it.
Link:
http://www.salon.com/user/glenngreenwald-2