Would Edward Snowden spy? This morning, CNN deleted a tweet saying he would for Brazil after Glenn Greenwald complained.
The original tweet read, according to Mediaite: “Edward Snowden offers to spy on the US & help Brazil investigate NSA surveillance cnn.it/1gDquSb”
Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who has broken stories about NSA surveillance based on Snowden’s leaked documents, slammed CNN for the tweet, Mediaite noted. Greenwald, who was a columnist for The Guardian and is joining eBay founder Pierre Omidyar’s new journalism organization, called the tweet “remarkably reckless and false.”
We deleted an earlier and erroneous tweet on this topic. We regret the error and thank our followers for the feedback.
— CNN (@CNN) December 17, 2013
Greenwald responded to the deletion:
CNN did the right thing and deleted that tweet — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 17, 2013
Hat Tip: Ashley Harrell