The near blackout of this interview by the US media is deliberate and highly conscious. From the outset of Snowden's revelations last June, the media has lined up squarely behind the Obama administration, peddling the official lie that the mass domestic surveillance programs are justified by the "war on terror," while joining in the vilification of Snowden as a traitor and possible Russian spy.
Prominent TV announcers like ABC's George Stephanopoulos and NBC's David Gregory have devoted airtime to arguing that not only Snowden, but even journalists reporting on the documents he has released, like Glenn Greenwald, should be jailed.
This form of "journalism" reflects the class interests of the giant corporations that control the mass media and of the capitalist system as a whole. Its coverage of the NSA revelations themselves has been abysmal, minimizing the significance of the mass domestic spying operations. It is significant that in the face of this media manipulation, Snowden enjoys powerful support within the American public, and hostility to the NSA spying has continued to grow since his revelations.
The media's silencing of the German television interview has another, even more sinister implication. It wants to silence Snowden's warnings about the threats against his life in order to facilitate the work of any death squad formed by the US government to make good on these threats.
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[27 January 2014]
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