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The irony is that nearly every prestigious American publication has run dozens of versions of this story, and while most of those should be presumed to be factu
by CPLX 8y ago
The irony is that nearly every prestigious American publication has run dozens of versions of this story, and while most of those should be presumed to be factually accurate, they are fundamentally the same work of fiction.
- beginningguava 8y agoIt's not difficult to push your agenda with it technically being "true". Just interview 100 people, focus on 1 or two, maybe take their quotes out of context, and congratulations you can portray an entire town or demographic in a negative light that fits with your readers preconceived notions
- sonnyblarney 8y agoIn 2018 you don't need to interview anyone. You just cruise Twitter to find some random poor soul who said something consistent with the narrative you want to construct. Now you say: "People are saying XYZ" And deflect the source of the narrative from yourself.
- akhilcacharya 8y agoI agree, the bizarre fascination with a very small demographic (Coal miners/truck drivers/diner patrons are still with Trump!) strikes me as simultaneously condescending to rural Americans while also missing the real story, especially considering 40 congressional seats flipped this year in "Whole Foods" territory.
- hopler 8y agoPeople who work at the major employing sectors and eat food are not a small demographic. What is "Whole Foods" territory? The "Blue wave" flipping 40 congressional seats was the major story of the 2018 election.
- assblaster 8y agoThe big story is actually that the DNC was able to flip only a small amount of house seats, instead of the landslide they were expected to get, and also that the DNC lost Senate seats.
- akhilcacharya 8y agoWhat?? 40 seats is huge. The house popular vote is the biggest for any switch of power since we started counting. Though I should say for the record when someone says “DNC” like this it usually means they learned what the DNC was from the Russia hacks, given the DCCC is mostly in charge of house races and has been increasingly sidelined by small dollar funding and independent PACs like Bloomberg’s.
- akhilcacharya 8y agoThe blue wave was powered by modestly affluent suburban voters in places like NoVA, New Jersey, Orange County and the Philadelphia suburbs. Aka, Whole Foods/Harris Teeter territory.