ABC brass nixed Barbara Walters' pick of Edward Snowden as year's most fascinating person

[LiberalElite]

Source: NY Daily News

It’s a leak Barbara Walters doesn’t want you to know about.

The ABC News doyenne pushed hard to have NSA leaker Edward Snowden at the top of her list of 10 most fascinating people of the year — but in the end was overruled by network brass, a source told Confidenti@l.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/confidential/walters-top-pick-edward-snowden-didn-fascinate-abc-article-1.1536685#ixzz2mVRPataX

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/confidential/walters-top-pick-edward-snowden-didn-fascinate-abc-article-1.1536685

[Alamuti Lotus]

1. It was nice of them to so emphatically and unintentionally prove his point in the process...

It's times like these that only a bitterly sardonic chuckle will suffice.

[Jefferson23]

32. +1. n/t

[Enthusiast]

33. A huge plus one! nt

[Demeter]

2. They can't run or hide

Talk about a credibility gap. How long will TPTB live in denial?

[Alamuti Lotus]

3. For as long as they can profit from it

Direct correlation can be traced between prevailing currents of bullshit and the immense benefits that such a narrative brings to its dominant proponents.

[Demeter]

5. There's a greater danger for them in denial

Think French Revolution

[Alamuti Lotus]

7. I don't think the eventual backlash is even recognized as a possible concern..

I suppose the aforementioned believe that the gated communities and country clubs will be impregnable strongholds by the time their dubious web unfurls. Or perhaps some watched that movie Elysium in a totally different light than I did?

[rhett o rick]

11. When I think French Revolution I am reminded of Napoleon. nm

[Shemp Howard]

13. After Lenin comes Stalin. nm

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[rhett o rick]

15. An armed overthrow of a tyrannical government sounds so romantic.

Citizens armed with their pitchforks and AR-15s wondering where they are going to get their TV dinners when Walmart shuts down food distribution.

[Demeter]

25. There's nothing romantic about desperation

and there's a whole lot of desperation in the pipeline...all it takes is one minor catastrophe, and Bob's your uncle.

[txwhitedove]

4. So instead, she's interviewing Kanye and Kim who are attention suckers. They are not "fascinating".

[7962]

8. Kanye is a scumbag and Kim is famous for having a huge rear end. "fascinating" indeed!

[left on green only]

29. Perfect! Don't They All Deserve Each Other? n/t

[dotymed]

6. Edward Snowden...

it just proves that the media is a propaganda machine.
IMO, Mr. Snowden has secured his place in history and although TPTB want him silenced and "we" have done nothing to stop the NSA, he will be recognized as a beacon that was extinguished by TPTB and a lost chance to change American morals.
A sad footnote for a man who is a hero.

[Demeter]

9. Don't give up yet--the story isn't even half-done

[Hubert Flottz]

10. What is Barbara Wah Wah hiding?

Uncle Sam wants to know!

Edit to add...our "fourth branch of government" the "Free" press is as useless and compromised as the US house of representatives and the SCOTUS. In government we can't trust or verify.

[rhett o rick]

12. The NSA probably contacted ABC brass and told them what Baba was "thinking". nm

[hatrack]

14. Miley Cyrus, Duck Dynasty, Kim & Kanye . . .

WHO.

GIVES.

A.

FUCK??????

[rhett o rick]

16. I am down on Baba since she passed up the opportunity to put a stake thru

the black heart of Darth-Cheney.

[SoapBox]

17. Thank gawd!

Please...Barbara, have you lost your marbles?

Comrade Snowden is a traitor...period. For now, he's a puppet for Russia and after them, who knows who is next.

I can't stand ABC but this was OK.

[randome]

18. I think he's an idiot but I would have to agree he's fascinating.

It's been an interesting, intercontinental show so far!
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[fbc]

21. And how do you feel about the illegal behavior he exposed?

Without question, the NSA has been engaged in criminal conduct. Snowden provided the proof of this.

You obviously already have strong opinions about Snowden so I won't argue with you on whether or not he should be called a whistleblower. But how do you feel about the illegal actions he exposed? Does the manner in which we learned about them affect the legality of the actions? Should there be prosecutions?

[Tarheel_Dem]

30. "For now, he's a puppet for Russia and after them, who knows who is next."

By way of China.

[KurtNYC]

19. Because Snowden doesn't twerk? n/t

[Titonwan]

20. "Most interesting" is nice

but Edward Snowden deserves the Nobel Peace Price and the U.S. Medal of Freedom.

[Demeter]

26. second that!

[yurbud]

22. network news: committing suicide through irrelevance and self-censorship

[randome]

23. Don't forget the link comes from the 'gossip' column.

Gossip kills.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]A ton of bricks, a ton of feathers. It's still gonna hurt.[/center][/font][hr]

[Octafish]

24. Snowden did NOTHING...

Except help save Democracy. Other than that, he's a traitor in the eyes of Rush Limbaugh and the Secret Government.

http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/L-libmedia.htm

PS: People need to read. Otherwise they'll never know what ABCNNBCBSFakeNoixeNutworks and Flushbobrains never mention.

[Eleanors38]

27. All Big Corporations been husslin' dere self again.

[mike_c]

28. because look! a shiny celebrity!

Sheesh.

[Blue Owl]

31. Those brasshole execs

n/t