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It calls out what they see as a liberal trend of "factiness", that is, the feeling of knowledge without being able to actually use that knowledge to predict the
by traverseda 10y ago
It calls out what they see as a liberal trend of "factiness", that is, the feeling of knowledge without being able to actually use that knowledge to predict the future.
It mentioned other liberal-aligned media that creates this feeling of knowledge, such as ted talks and "NPR-style neuroscience".
Basically, it's calling out the liberal trend to presume that the facts are on their side and then be wrong about it. Presumably due to a failure in their epistemology, how they gather and sort data about the world.
There are a couple of other minor points and rhetorical points, like equating liberals "factiness" to the hated outgroup's "truthiness". But that's the general thrust.