MEDIA LOSER: The Intercept
Media outlets frequently criticize each other. You're literally reading a section of our newsletter declaring who we believe to be the "Media Loser of the Day," and we won't pretend it's unfair for media companies to attack each other.
What isn't fair, however, is refusing to include accurate information provided by your target. And what's really inexcusable is accusing them of committing a crime without evidence.
That's exactly what The Intercept did, in a video and article titled, "Meet the Riot Squad: Right-Wing Reporters Whose Viral Videos Are Used to Smear BLM," which criticized several reporters from conservative media outlets who had covered the protests last summer.
Among the piece's harshest critics was Intercept co-founder Glenn Greenwald, who slammed them for their "genuinely disgusting and dangerous" reporting that was "actively targeting two journalists of color."
Daily Caller Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Ingersoll staunchly defended his reporters, in a Twitter thread and a longer editorial post, against what he called "activist garbage." As Ingersoll pointed out, the Intercept's article omitted important context that they had provided, and even worse, accused reporter Richie McGinnis of destroying evidence related to the shootings by Kyle Rittenhouse without evidence.
No one is beyond criticism, but what the Intercept did doesn't look like journalism. It looks like propaganda. |