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By my estimate, he's probably one of the few people worth calling a journalist anymore. Watered-down as the term has become with bloggers, hacks who spend all t
by crocodiletears 6y ago
By my estimate, he's probably one of the few people worth calling a journalist anymore. Watered-down as the term has become with bloggers, hacks who spend all their time on Twitter railing against the immaturities of our present administration in hot-takes devoid of original investigation or thought, and self-important ideologues who think they exist to intellectually shepherd the unwashed masses to whatever promised land their politics would have them believe in.
All Gas No Breaks provides an impressively sweeping look at anyone and everyone you might encounter wherever he chooses to visit. He presents the fanatics and the well reasoned in pretty much even measure. If he does anyone editorial favors, it's hard to see where. It's a refreshing change from the staged shots and selective presentation we've become accustomed to seeing from the likes of Fox, the NYT, MSNBC, Breitbart, WaPo, and CNN.
- agildehaus 6y agoReally? No selective presentation? AGNB is almost entirely selective presentation.
- crocodiletears 6y agoI didn't allege no selectiveness, I alleged that he presents a comparably larger intersection than other outlets. Certainly he's selecting footage for entertainment, and his selection in no way proportional to the events he cover's participants. Looking back on my comment, I overemphasized his even-handedness in terms of screen-time, but that's beside the thrust of my point. He casts a wide net, and the content of his videos reflect that.
- sukilot 6y agoThis is called "both sides ism" where you give equal time to the sane view and the insane fringe view and call it "fairness"
- crocodiletears 6y agoBoth sides-ism is a snappy accusation used by partisans to suppress access to information and context, predicated on the idea that coverage is equivelant to either an endorsement or proportional to the significance of a viewpoint or group relative to the broader population. If there are N perspectives about something I'm considering, or N significant actions undertaken by an individual or groups during an event I'm trying to understand, sanding off the ugly bits to fit a given moral narrative is a disservice to the audience. I personally look to journalism for knowledge, and to help inform my understanding of the world. Not moral guidance.