Snowden, Greenwald and the media saga

We discuss media treatment of the whistleblower and the journalist who brought his revelations to light.

Where in the world is Edward Snowden? It is the question every news outlet has been asking since the former NSA contractor left Hong Kong, apparently for Russia, possibly on his way to Ecuador via Cuba. Reporters in Moscow even boarded a Havana-bound flight, only to find an empty seat where Snowden should have been sitting. We can only imagine how their faces dropped when the cabin doors closed. But while some reporters rack up air miles spinning Snowden’s story as a real life spy thriller, others have turned their attention to the journalist who brought his revelations to light. Former lawyer turned Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald has led the challenge to power that the leaks about suspicionless surveillance represent, and now he, following Snowden, has been the subject of a hostile media reception.