"Since the beginning, Greenwald had been separated from The Intercept’s U.S.-based newsroom, having lived in Brazil for over a decade."

"As a result, most of the staff had little to no interaction with him, according to Intercept staffers who spoke with Intelligencer. Even as The Intercept built itself into a full-fledged news organization — complete with robust editing like the kind Greenwald balked at — the co-founder remained apart, writing and publishing his columns with little to no editorial oversight. 'He could have chosen to be a part of the mix, part of the conversation, the daily, weekly conversation about what we should be covering and what stories we were working on,' [Intercept deputy editor Roger Hodge said]. 'But he never did that. He always held himself aloof from the newsroom and never, ever soiled himself with the day-to-day business of news gathering.' Ryan Grim, The Intercept’s D.C. bureau chief, [said] Greenwald’s conflict with The Intercept was part of a larger culture clash between Greenwald, a civil libertarian... and some of his younger left-leaning colleagues, who believe they have a responsibility to call out and try to shut down what they consider hateful or harmful speech. Greenwald wrote that he eventually concluded The Intercept itself embraced this so-called 'cancel culture' in being reluctant to publish anything (like his Biden column) that might lead to accusations of aiding Trump and his supporters.... " 

From "Inside Glenn Greenwald’s Blowup With The Intercept" (New York Magazine).