Glenn Greenwald and Violations of American Privacy

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Glenn Greenwald, a talented and widely read columnist on civil liberties for the Guardian newspaper, failed in his attempt to alarm his readers to the flagrant and widespread violations of American privacy. Although his article was full of facts, documentation, and quotes from top rank officials, the article did not convey any sense of wrong doing or outrage. Rather it was dull, lacked passion and a sense of persuasion. In fact, the only attention grabbing part in the whole article is the title.
Greenwald is currently contributing to The Guardian. The Guardian is an English newspaper digital US edition established in 2011. It is the third most widely read online newspaper. The Guardian as well as Greenwald writes for the politically savvy. Before he started with the Guardian, he was Constitutional lawyer and enjoyed that occupation until he realized he did not want to protect those people but rather sue them. After quitting that he eventually wound up writing for The Salon. He went to George Washington University and then went to Graduate School at New York University Law School (Testa). Greenwald is neither a Democrat nor a republican. He is opposed to big government and he is against the expansion of presidential powers. Greenwald is a very educated man who has won many awards for his journalism. Eric Snowden, NSA whistle blower risked not only his job but his life, breaking silence about the mass surveillance and trusted Glenn Greenwald with the information showing that Greenwald has credibility. However, with this particular article, Greenwald left out vital information that would make this article grab the /more headlines. For instance he does not give any reason why the readers should be angry. Most people will say somethin...

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... that article to me and all the other readers so an exceptionally good writer such as Greenwald should have known not to write such a vague, and boring article.
The audience is not convinced even slightly. This article is too long and has too many dry facts, many of which do not get explained well, and wobbly quotes. He makes it seem as if he is against the NSA’s abuse of power, yet he includes a stat that helps out the NSA’s cause which is confusing. He does not tell the audience what they should do with the new information nor does he include why he is writing it. The paper really suffered from a lack of pathos. There was no emotional pull at all in the article which was the reason for his ultimately boring and tiring paper.

Works Cited
Testa, Jessica. "How Glenn Greenwald became Glenn Greenwald." buzzfeed.com. buzzfeed Inc. , 26 Jun 2013. Web. 17 Sep 2013.

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