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I think this is on point, and way underappreciated by the non-hard-right in the US. People who vote Democrat tend to think of "their" media institutions as obje
by maybelsyrup 5y ago
I think this is on point, and way underappreciated by the non-hard-right in the US. People who vote Democrat tend to think of "their" media institutions as objective or sincere, and they're quick to forgive the litany of examples of heinous shit the NYT or WP or CNN has pulled over the years - salivating and fully turgid support for endless wars being just the most obvious example.
- tsimionescu 5y agoThis video of CNN host Brian Williams referring to 'The Beauty of our Weapons' has stuck with me as one of the most bizarre examples of the prevailing pro-war attitude in the 'left press': https://twitter.com/i/status/850204332758716420 https://twitter.com/i/status/850204332758716420
- decasteve 5y agoI vowed never to watch CNN again after exclaiming how excited they were to be going back to Iraq for the 2nd war.
- maybelsyrup 5y agoGood lord man, I thought I'd seen some bad stuff coming out of that guy but that's pretty obsequious
- aidenn0 5y agoThat's quite on-the-nose considering Cohen has said that the song was about extremism in general and terrorism specifically.