wrestling entertainment the the bread and circuses for the american population right according to glenn greenwald new york times says that russia gate obsession saved m s n b c. and reached its on air stars but the disappointing conclusion and which nothing that their host promised actually happened caused a ratings to plummet as confused and disoriented viewers turned away on mass it's both real and fake right which is the classic recipe for propaganda propaganda works when you mix in some real with the fake so it anchors you to think that wait a minute that's rail and then to leave you to kind of associate what's real with what's fake that's propaganda that's how it's done that's the whole recipe that goes into it so. wrestling is fake but it is athletic i mean there is a lot of athleticism that goes into the performers who are out there and jumping around falling on their back you know my favorite is mankind who took a chair of the face many many times and i think he really suffered severely because it's real however the the script is you know pretty written right there's no shock at the end o

hello and welcome to the friends twenty four interview our guest today is glenn greenwald is an american lawyer turned journalist was part of the pulitzer prize winning team in two thousand and fourteen. for his role in the revelations about us surveillance and contract or edward snowden he has a co founded the intercept an investigative. news outlets and he's been living for several years in brazil he joins us from rio de janeiro thank youu very much for being with us today mr greenwald. good to be with you. mr green well obviously you've kept a close eye on what's happening in the u. s. you've been a vocal critics of the left and the media is a so called obsession with russia let's read ties to. president trump i want to begin with the killing of george floyd in minnesota it has a lease and with a wave of protests across the u. s. and even- beat. but i went out ababout something susan rice wih president obama's national security adviser. said she suggested that russia was tearing up the protest and that based on her experience i'm putting her now this is right out of the russian play b