>News media shouldn’t have a “side.” The press has to be seen as separate from politics, not just because this is a crucial component of trustworthiness, but al

>News media shouldn’t have a “side.” The press has to be seen as separate from politics, not just because this is a crucial component of trustworthiness, but also because the media derives all its power from the perception of its independence. If a news organ is seen as too connected to one or another party, it loses its ability to serve as a check on power. How can you “hold Trump accountable” without credibility? The Zeitgeist of yesterday that Taibbi is referring to has been put away in the drawer. The new Zeitgeist, embraced by the younger generation can be summarized thusly: There is no objective truth, no escape from ideology, no escape (especially) from the perspective of personal identity and societal position, and as a result there's no such thing as an objective media organization. If we say it doesn't exist and act like it cannot, then someone like Taibbi can simultaneously be pinned as an alt-right with a platform, and a confused liberal. It doesn't matter if he's written a book that denigrates Trump; if he criticizes an important mark against Trump, he's essentially 'enabling' him and thus complicit. That's the mess we're in. Taibbi blames commercialization, but I've clearly observed this epistemology of radical subjectivism taking hold. I don't know how else to characterize it.