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> everyone else is biased against the often-maligned center-right, but there's some conspiracy where no one can talk about it unless they're far-right Perhaps
by fortythirteen 9y ago
> everyone else is biased against the often-maligned center-right, but there's some conspiracy where no one can talk about it unless they're far-right
Perhaps the issue is that people talking about it, regardless of their actual beliefs, are labeled "far-right". Hell, even Stephen Pinker has been called "alt-right" at this point.
> At some point people who read the NYT or WSJ and say it's far too liberal may have to accept that their definition of "center" is skewed.
Or perhaps the Overton window on what is considered "progressive" has moved left. For example, ten years ago, senators Clinton and Obama voted for a border fence.
> the very-much centrist mainstream media is too biased toward liberal news
Did you read the Podesta emails? It was example after example of mainstream journalists going out of their way to curry favor with the Clinton campaign. Once again, I think the Overton window of "mainstream progressive" views has shifted. For example, where are the Blue Dog Democrats anymore?
I would invite you to question your own biases.