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At this point if you have any commitment to the truth, you will have a "leftist" bias. What, are you going to report on Trump claiming that Ukraine started the

At this point if you have any commitment to the truth, you will have a "leftist" bias. What, are you going to report on Trump claiming that Ukraine started the war uncritically? That Haitians are eatings pets in Ohio? That vaccines cause autism? C'mon. The Overton window shifted right in 2016, I don't think the paper's line moved much. But no more, the billionaires are here to ensure nothing will get in the way of their sweet, sweet tax cuts [1]. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9yx7e13ryo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9yx7e13ryo

hedora 2y ago
I guarantee you the vast majority of people reading this will end up paying more taxes under whatever plan the Republicans pass.
- thrance 2y ago
  Yep, and they still approve of it. Literally brainwashed.
selfmodruntime 2y ago
> At this point if you have any commitment to the truth, you will have a "leftist" bias. This is some grandiose appeal that's shared by both sides of the political coin. People generally assume that reality matches their experience and opinions.
- thrance 2y ago
  Notice I put leftist in quotes, at this point it's more about how the right is fully divorced from reality than anything related to the left. Reread the examples I gave and defend them, or show me some as egregious as these ones coming from Biden or Harris.
- mmooss 2y ago
  Reality is independent of experience and opinions - that's the point. 'Leftist' opinions match reality better - e.g., climate change, Ukraine, vaccines, crime, etc. etc.
  - ryandrake 2y ago
    Reality means different things to each side. It reminds me of the old "Reality-based community[1]" quote by an aide to the G.W. Bush administration, widely attributed to senior advisor Karl Rove: The aide said that guys like me were 'in what we call the reality-based community,' which he defined as people who 'believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.' [...] 'That's not the way the world really works anymore,' he continued. 'We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors...and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do'. This school of thought is still alive and kicking among Republicans: Reality is what we conjure up as we do and say things--it's not some concrete, discernible thing that can be observed. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality-based_community https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality-based_community
    - thrance 2y ago
      That resonates with Kellyane Conway's "alternative facts" [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_facts?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_facts?wprov=sfla1
  - selfmodruntime 2y ago
    What is "reality"? For each of your examples, I can make valid points for both sides off the top of my head. Different things are more important to different people.

hedora 2y ago

I guarantee you the vast majority of people reading this will end up paying more taxes under whatever plan the Republicans pass.

thrance 2y ago
Yep, and they still approve of it. Literally brainwashed.

selfmodruntime 2y ago

> At this point if you have any commitment to the truth, you will have a "leftist" bias. This is some grandiose appeal that's shared by both sides of the political coin. People generally assume that reality matches their experience and opinions.

thrance 2y ago
Notice I put leftist in quotes, at this point it's more about how the right is fully divorced from reality than anything related to the left. Reread the examples I gave and defend them, or show me some as egregious as these ones coming from Biden or Harris.
mmooss 2y ago
Reality is independent of experience and opinions - that's the point. 'Leftist' opinions match reality better - e.g., climate change, Ukraine, vaccines, crime, etc. etc.
- ryandrake 2y ago
  Reality means different things to each side. It reminds me of the old "Reality-based community[1]" quote by an aide to the G.W. Bush administration, widely attributed to senior advisor Karl Rove: The aide said that guys like me were 'in what we call the reality-based community,' which he defined as people who 'believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.' [...] 'That's not the way the world really works anymore,' he continued. 'We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors...and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do'. This school of thought is still alive and kicking among Republicans: Reality is what we conjure up as we do and say things--it's not some concrete, discernible thing that can be observed. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality-based_community https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality-based_community
  - thrance 2y ago
    That resonates with Kellyane Conway's "alternative facts" [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_facts?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_facts?wprov=sfla1
- selfmodruntime 2y ago
  What is "reality"? For each of your examples, I can make valid points for both sides off the top of my head. Different things are more important to different people.