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Can you keep a professional job in media if you believe public institutions are corrupted and you bring that standard to your work? You can write, you can be po

Can you keep a professional job in media if you believe public institutions are corrupted and you bring that standard to your work? You can write, you can be popular on social media, and you can even get the odd freelance gig, but if you align yourself against real power itself, I think he's saying you cannot be an employee, editor, or producer. I can't see how a serious writer would want to be a journalist now anyway, and Greenwald seems to recognize that there is no "back" to go to. What forward looks like for writers is much more interesting.

sthnblllII 6y ago
Correct. A lot of millennials have a warped view of power. Greenwald is very gen-x: skeptical, questioning authority, seeking out the organic and real ("i listen to 'alternative' music, dude"). Millennial culture is heavily trusting, self-righteous and therefore heavily media influenced. Fertile ground for authoritarian regimes and corruption. The right defends the Kushners, the left defends the Bidens, everyone loses.