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Five months later: what we know about the Capitol riot

Five months later: what we know about the Capitol riot

Tatiana Prophet
Civil Unrest

By Tatiana Prophet

The truth is bad enough. It doesn’t need embellishment. That’s why we’re taking a look at how reporting has changed about the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021, and what we now know.

We’ve all seen the videos and photos, especially of the violent entry by some of the participants, and most noticeably, the man who pinned a police officer with a riot shield, causing the officer to cry for help. We know that the day spiraled into bedlam and chaos. We know the police were not adequately supported; and we also know that there were certain individuals with a history of inciting violence who were not Trump supporters, doing that very thing on that day. And we also know that the American public was shaken by these images and events. It felt like a violation to all of us. Metro Police Department chief Robert Contee reported that 56 officers were injured in the day’s events.

Initial reporting, and for many months after the event, repeatedly called the event “deadly” and an “insurrection,” even before it was over. T

Greenwald resigns from The Intercept over Biden censorship

Greenwald resigns from The Intercept over Biden censorship

Tatiana Prophet
First Amendment

Glenn Greenwald, who famously interviewed Edward Snowden and brought his explosive information to the world, has resigned from the paper he co-founded in 2013 over censorship by his fellow publishers.

"This was not an easy choice: I am voluntarily sacrificing the support of a large institution and guaranteed salary in exchange for nothing other than a belief that there are enough people who believe in the virtues of independent journalism and the need for free discourse who will be willing to support my work by subscribing,” he wrote on Substack dot com, where good journalists go to write another day with very little reward.

While The Intercept is generally progressive-leaning, the paper's leadership is both centrist and leftist, Greenwald revealed. Centrist these days means the DNC machine. Unnamed editors at The Intercept attempted to delete all mention of corruption allegations about the Biden family in his latest article. They even rejected Greenwald’s suggestion that they counter his article with writings of their own.