Althouse: "Investigative reporter Ken Silverstein has resigned from First Look Media’s The Intercept after 14 months..."

February 23, 2015

"Investigative reporter Ken Silverstein has resigned from First Look Media’s The Intercept after 14 months..."

"... saying he and others were hired 'under what were essentially false pretenses [by being] told we would be given all the financial and other support we needed to do independent,inter important journalism, but instead found ourselves blocked at every step of the way by management’s incompetence and bad faith.'"

20 comments:

David said...: The comments at his post are not exactly sympathetic.

If I were his editor I would say "Examples?"; 2/23/15, 9:14 AM
Michael K said...: "after the company forced Matt Taibbi to resign — and they left him no choice "

At least they had some judgement.; 2/23/15, 9:24 AM
traditionalguy said...: Surprise, surprise. Rich Persians are control freaks who use money to control people. What else do you use wealth for?; 2/23/15, 9:27 AM
lemondog said...: I skimmed looking for some subject/article in which he was thwarted from publishing.

Wiki indicates that he and his writing partner were widely criticized for their poor comprehension of the case facts, controversial editorializing and their failure to fact-check which later resulted in three corrections

But then who the heck knows what motivated that critique.; 2/23/15, 9:29 AM
rhhardin said...: Your next boss, in the interview where you trash the previous boss, is thinking that you'll be doing this to him too.

Always say how much you loved your old job environment.; 2/23/15, 9:30 AM
Big Mike said...: Who is Ken Silverstein? What is "First Look Media"? Should I care about this any more than I care about who is writing for the Podunk Gazette?; 2/23/15, 9:34 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "Should I care about this any more than I care about who is writing for the Podunk Gazette?"

It's the media operation that involves Glenn Greenwald. It was supposed to be something significant and different.; 2/23/15, 9:46 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "The comments at his post are not exactly sympathetic. If I were his editor I would say "Examples?""

I know. It's very weird that he's going public like this but not substantiating his statements. But then, he's an investigative reporter, so maybe he'll ply his trade against them.; 2/23/15, 9:48 AM
YoungHegelian said...: Ultra-rich guys who own media organs as money losing tax write-offs/vanity projects doesn't seem to be working out as a business model for the press.; 2/23/15, 9:48 AM
Big Mike said...: @Althouse, my impression of Glenn Greenwald is that he's incompletely sane.; 2/23/15, 9:56 AM
PuertoRicoSpaceport.com said...: Boo fricking hoo

John Henry; 2/23/15, 10:06 AM
campy said...: "It was supposed to be something significant and different."

Sounds promising!

"It's the media operation that involves Glenn Greenwald."

Oh. Guess not.; 2/23/15, 10:08 AM
Anthony said...: @traditionalguy

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://piaparker.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/images.jpeg&imgrefurl=https://piaparker.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/club-persh/&h=194&w=259&tbnid=kygP1s2cRawVzM:&zoom=1&docid=6Hmzvr0w08A0NM&ei=NVLrVIrcE8uigwSnxoPwDg&tbm=isch&ved=0CB4QMygAMAA; 2/23/15, 10:16 AM
tim maguire said...: I've never heard of Ken Silverstein, but Glenn Greenwald is one of the few liberals I respect (read: doesn't base his opinions on which argument helps the Democrats), so I would like some examples as well.; 2/23/15, 11:07 AM
Old RPM Daddy said...: @David: The comments at his post are not exactly sympathetic.

I didn't read his original post, but I don't know how sympathetic I would have been, either. For somebody who says he has a child in college, the tone of his writing sounds like he's still in college himself.; 2/23/15, 11:11 AM
traditionalguy said...: Thought for today: Beware of doing business with Khans. They only come to rule over you.; 2/23/15, 12:20 PM
Sam L. said...: I'd never heard of it, but if I had, and knew Glen Greenwald was in it, I'd have had no respect for them/it.; 2/23/15, 12:22 PM
Theranter said...: No substantiation because when you face off with the big boys (like these:http://fellows.ashoka.org/node/13145 (Odimar's run in this circle)) you are allowed a little face-saving as Silverstein just attempted to do, but you only support it with facts and/docs at your own peril.; 2/23/15, 3:15 PM
Chris N said...: Perhaps, one should fear the wrath of Khans.; 2/23/15, 4:28 PM
NotWhoIUsedtoBe said...: Disgruntled employee rant. I don't have much use for Glen Greenwald et al. but I do know that former employees crying about having to work and follow orders is the oldest story in the world.

If it's so bad, quit. Move on.

If the Racket is badly managed, it will show in the product. I don't care at all about the staff. That's their problem.; 2/24/15, 9:52 AM