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American media runs the ideological spectrum (Mother Jones to The Atlantic to National Review to Fox News). They aren’t a unified voice, so that representation
by moorhosj 7y ago
American media runs the ideological spectrum (Mother Jones to The Atlantic to National Review to Fox News). They aren’t a unified voice, so that representation would include contradicting messages.
It seems like people just choose the one that helps their strawman and labels that as “AMERICA”.
- luckylion 7y ago> American media runs the ideological spectrum Very few of them are openly against using the military, cultural, economic power the US has to force others to bend to their will. They may disagree on what direction to push others in, but they agree that they have the right (or even duty) to push them. Which is totally understandable. Very few people see themselves as villains, pretty much everybody wants to make the world a better place. What "better" means and how to get there, that's where they part ways.
- shakyshakyshaky 7y agoThe Jacobin has always been a fan of calling out US imperialism.
- luckylion 7y agoSure, I'm not claiming that the US media landscape is unified and doesn't include any dissenting voices. It's just that the super majority mostly agrees on the fundamentals, even if they don't on the details. The same is true for most politicians as well. I don't believe that it's very different in other countries, it's just a lot less visible, because most countries don't have the same amount of power.