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yeshuap's avatar

This is a really good piece, I liked it a lot. I usually defaulted to simply Sulzberger hates Muslims like Rosenthal hated gays and NYT's direction flowed from there.

Trux Mint In Box's avatar

Excellent article about the problems with modern media. Never thought of it this way where the media follows “influencers” just like kids follow them on TikTok. And the problem is that most influencers are style over substance.

No wonder they hated Biden so much.

robert e's avatar

Well said. I seem to be fixating on the similarities between Trump and terrorists in the way they understand this structural bias and work to exploit it.

A Special Presentation's avatar

We had four decades of smart people preaching a philosophy of "information is knowledge, knowledge is power, and power empowers people." Trump's fundamental advantage is that he understood that was bullshit, and he could maneuver into institutional voids.

Mark Green's avatar

Excellent piece.

All the right people hate Mamdani and I love it.

Jon's avatar

Nail hit on head!