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This is how I see it too, things like the Covington kids create a backlash against the newsrooms that promulgate them. And NYT gave them too perfect of an oppor
by jdoliner 7y ago
This is how I see it too, things like the Covington kids create a backlash against the newsrooms that promulgate them. And NYT gave them too perfect of an opportunity when they published a remake of a Nazi propaganda comic that could easily be portrayed as antisemitic.
- eanzenberg 7y agoCorrectness literally doesn't matter in the realm of politics. Only, who is the loudest and most persuasive.
- kodz4 7y agoMore like a bias towards people with the most energy. There are lots of loud and persuasive people around, but to stay relevant, social/news media selects for the ones that are tireless in performing their routines with robotic efficiency day in day out.
- anomaloops 7y agoAs an aside, is there a latin-based term for this kind of authoritative persuasion? I want to say it's ochlocracy, but generally it's not just any kind of mob I'm thinking of, but the mob that is the loudest. Rule by the loudest voices. A magnaocracy? (not to be confused with the fantastical magocracy)
- nerfhammer 7y ago(-cracy words are Greek anyway)