Lord Long Rod
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What a hot take this is. It is no surprise that the genesis for this intellectual abortion is a writer at The Atlantic. In his purely angry and divisive article he attempts to conflate conservatives and conservative ideology with white supremacy, i.e., the "bad guys" vs. the hip young brownish kiddies who are open to "diversity", "equity", and "inclusion", thereby implying it is part of some sort of generational culture war. Maybe I would be prone to agree with him if it can be shown that bankruptcy and a failing nation-state is one of the values of the younger generations. Oh, wait a minute...maybe it is, given what they have been duped into believing!
Isn't it wonderful when members in the so-called "Fourth Estate" twist, conflate, and outright lie about issues so as to sway opinion (i.e., propagandize)? Note that the only way the "Fourth Estate" works as an implied check on governmental power is when (1) they are not in bed with the establishment authoritarians; and (2) when they maintain objectivity. I mean, hey, I have nothing against some guy babbling some stupid shit like this. My problem comes when this sort of thing masquerades as news, or objective reporting. The Atlantic, however, does not qualify as this 99% of the time. They are an advocacy rag.
They usual response to this by some is the knee-jerk, "Hey man, Fox news is a propaganda rag!". Yes, it very well be. But, we all know this. Let me ask you this: is there a source of objective journalism out there today that isn't into the advocacy game? Sometimes one of these so-called news outlets will accidentally do real and objective journalism. But this seems to be the exception these days.
Isn't it wonderful when members in the so-called "Fourth Estate" twist, conflate, and outright lie about issues so as to sway opinion (i.e., propagandize)? Note that the only way the "Fourth Estate" works as an implied check on governmental power is when (1) they are not in bed with the establishment authoritarians; and (2) when they maintain objectivity. I mean, hey, I have nothing against some guy babbling some stupid shit like this. My problem comes when this sort of thing masquerades as news, or objective reporting. The Atlantic, however, does not qualify as this 99% of the time. They are an advocacy rag.
They usual response to this by some is the knee-jerk, "Hey man, Fox news is a propaganda rag!". Yes, it very well be. But, we all know this. Let me ask you this: is there a source of objective journalism out there today that isn't into the advocacy game? Sometimes one of these so-called news outlets will accidentally do real and objective journalism. But this seems to be the exception these days.
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