There are probably very few jobs where the hiring decisions are as corrupt and oppressive as in prestige journalism. Those without both-sides brain worms need not apply.
Following mainstream news sources should at best be treated like an exhausting side hustle/act of good citizenship. The management generally consists of shameless monsters who would do the world a great service if they became ditchdiggers instead. It may be a bit They Live to say this... good.
Don't let the bread and circuses of a morally vacant and flagrantly hypocritical media environment inform your view of reality. As the previous commenter was alluding to, things are as bad as Nixon's "compassionate conservatism" while running as the anti-war candidate. Same as it ever was.
Paul, as good as it is to hear your voice, I much prefer to read than to listen. I retain more information and usually, I can read faster to myself than someone can read aloud. With that out of the way, you make great points here.
I think Trump being called a moderate by a couple of pundits and editorials stems from this perverse need some pundits and editorial writers have for a Republican party to be the party of sober adulthood. Never mind that it's never been true, at least not in the last 50 or 60 years. It's sort of the way the GOP's given the automatic benefit of the doubt when it comes to fiscal policy -- they're automatically assumed to be better with economic matters, even though there's no evidence to support that. Republican talking points and lingo get adopted (think "entitlements" or "pro-life") nearly the same way. It's almost as if to acknowledge the depraved dysfunction of the GOP would be to admit that the US is a floundering empire in decline, and that's a bridge too far. The United States doesn't work very well as a country anymore, anyone with any sense knows that, but to say that is like saying Voldemort's name.
The way to defeat Trump is to play the very sort of wedge issue politics the Republicans have mastered. Ask him point blanks questions, like: 1. "Is abortion murder and is the mother, doctor, or both a murder, and should they therefore be tried and if convicted sent to prison?"; 2. "Many of your supporters are white Christian nationalists, so do you believe that our immigration process should screen out applicants who are Jewish, Muslim, or any other non-Christian religion?"
You give the reporters far too much credit.
There are probably very few jobs where the hiring decisions are as corrupt and oppressive as in prestige journalism. Those without both-sides brain worms need not apply.
Following mainstream news sources should at best be treated like an exhausting side hustle/act of good citizenship. The management generally consists of shameless monsters who would do the world a great service if they became ditchdiggers instead. It may be a bit They Live to say this... good.
Don't let the bread and circuses of a morally vacant and flagrantly hypocritical media environment inform your view of reality. As the previous commenter was alluding to, things are as bad as Nixon's "compassionate conservatism" while running as the anti-war candidate. Same as it ever was.
Paul, as good as it is to hear your voice, I much prefer to read than to listen. I retain more information and usually, I can read faster to myself than someone can read aloud. With that out of the way, you make great points here.
I think Trump being called a moderate by a couple of pundits and editorials stems from this perverse need some pundits and editorial writers have for a Republican party to be the party of sober adulthood. Never mind that it's never been true, at least not in the last 50 or 60 years. It's sort of the way the GOP's given the automatic benefit of the doubt when it comes to fiscal policy -- they're automatically assumed to be better with economic matters, even though there's no evidence to support that. Republican talking points and lingo get adopted (think "entitlements" or "pro-life") nearly the same way. It's almost as if to acknowledge the depraved dysfunction of the GOP would be to admit that the US is a floundering empire in decline, and that's a bridge too far. The United States doesn't work very well as a country anymore, anyone with any sense knows that, but to say that is like saying Voldemort's name.
The way to defeat Trump is to play the very sort of wedge issue politics the Republicans have mastered. Ask him point blanks questions, like: 1. "Is abortion murder and is the mother, doctor, or both a murder, and should they therefore be tried and if convicted sent to prison?"; 2. "Many of your supporters are white Christian nationalists, so do you believe that our immigration process should screen out applicants who are Jewish, Muslim, or any other non-Christian religion?"
That's great to hear! I'll continue to do it as time and the nature of each piece allow.