How does Greenwald show his opinion without being opinionated?

How does Greenwald show his opinion without being opinionated?

Greenwald writes about how the NSA tampers with US-made internet routers. This is due to the fact that Chinese routers in Chinese devices with internet “are built with backdoor surveillance functionality that gives the Chinese government the ability to spy on anyone using them.”. This basically means that any of the chinese companies that make phones, such as Huawei, can be spying on the US citizens. Mike Rogers, a former U.S. Representative for Michigan's 8th congressional district, and a member of the Republican Party, claimed that Huawei and ZTE, which “are the top two Chinese telecommunications equipment companies” could possibly be violating US laws with this action. This was stated by a report from the House Intelligence Committee. As much as this was also stated by the Rogers committee, they have not obtained any actual evidence.

Greenwald hides his opinion in the way he explains what he thinks and believes. It’s a smart trick which also explains the sophistication behind Greenwald's writing. Evidence of this in his work can be seen in the eighth paragraph. Greenwald said “It is quite possible that Chinese firms are implanting surveillance mechanisms in their network devices. But the US is certainly doing the same.”, if we focus on the first 4 words of this paragraph, where he said “It is quite possible”. He is accusing Chinese firms of implanting surveillance mechanisms which he found with research, but this is also an accusation that can be proved wrong. With this accusation it is not factual anymore and so he is using his opinion on the matter. If we go back to the fifth paragraph, we can see another example of Greenwald showing his opinion but in a very light and invisible approach. Greenwald says “A June 2010 report from the head of the NSA’s Access and Target Development department is shockingly explicit.” The word I am focussing on is the adverb in the sentence which is shockingly. This word describes what he thinks of the report, which is that it is exceptionally explicit. His approach is very clever and cunning because he does not expose his opinions to a level of judgement, but to a point of extra clarity about his news article.