Both this criticism and Hanania's criticism omit the most important and obvious critique of the media: They don't perform their fundamental purpose of speaking truth to power. Perhaps this is because they come from the same social and ideological milieu as power, and in fact are power themselves. Regardless, the media no longer embarras…
Both this criticism and Hanania's criticism omit the most important and obvious critique of the media: They don't perform their fundamental purpose of speaking truth to power. Perhaps this is because they come from the same social and ideological milieu as power, and in fact are power themselves. Regardless, the media no longer embarrasses power with truth, with few usually ideologically-informed exceptions.
What then is the media's raison d'etre? To entertain? To inform on trivialities? To propandize wittingly or unwittingly?
The best way to end these type of journalism (or any non-research writing) at its source, is to make fiction popular enough to not disturb the flow of truth. A BS artist should just stick to writing YA novels, not pick-up artistry, not woke activism, and surely not being a politician.
On the politics-addicted end, they should recognize that truth-finding is hard, and that anyone that gives an easy answer is extremely SUS.
Both this criticism and Hanania's criticism omit the most important and obvious critique of the media: They don't perform their fundamental purpose of speaking truth to power. Perhaps this is because they come from the same social and ideological milieu as power, and in fact are power themselves. Regardless, the media no longer embarrasses power with truth, with few usually ideologically-informed exceptions.
What then is the media's raison d'etre? To entertain? To inform on trivialities? To propandize wittingly or unwittingly?
Ask Curtis, he seems to claim that the media is not to "speak truth to power" but to "speak power despite the need for truth", and the former was an oxymoron sugar-coating the latter. https://americanmind.org/salvo/the-clear-pill-part-2-of-5-a-theory-of-pervasive-error
Politics is porn, but for power instead of male potency... And the only reason people fall for it, is that they are impotent of enacting real change and attaining power. The Tate Brothers merely switched genres, and they can still get laid and make money. https://graymirror.substack.com/p/2b-negative-causes-are-frivolous https://graymirror.substack.com/p/saint-just-and-the-canadian-truckers
The best way to end these type of journalism (or any non-research writing) at its source, is to make fiction popular enough to not disturb the flow of truth. A BS artist should just stick to writing YA novels, not pick-up artistry, not woke activism, and surely not being a politician.
On the politics-addicted end, they should recognize that truth-finding is hard, and that anyone that gives an easy answer is extremely SUS.