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Fantastic. One of the most opaque administrations in history [1] can buy authenticity off-the-shelf, like a jar dime-store pomade, all because they've co-opted
by marcusgarvey 12y ago
Fantastic. One of the most opaque administrations in history [1] can buy authenticity off-the-shelf, like a jar dime-store pomade, all because they've co-opted some YouTube stars into their fiction. He's right, the traditional media blew it when they, too, allowed themselves to be co-opted. But what we need is an adversarial press, not people starstruck by their own access. It's just as bad, if not worse.
[1] http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2014/3/27/barack_obama_the_least_transparent_president http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2014/3/27/barack_obama_the_...
- comex 12y agoDid you watch the interview? There were multiple hardball questions, including one with a critical premise regarding drone strikes and another about regulatory capture (which the president didn't give a real answer to, but oh well). No Snowden though. I also found the rest pretty interesting/informative due to the breadth of topics covered, although of course he's said it all a million times before.
- marcusgarvey 12y agoI appreciate that some hardball questions were ultimately asked, but did you notice the part in this blog post where he mentioned that his own first instinct was to ask softer questions and it was actually the people from Google who pushed him to ask harder ones? A good journalist would need no such prodding.