There was a time when journalists from respected media outlets like the BBC, the New York Times and the Guardian, at least made a sincere effort to distinguish between reporting the facts and reporting one’s political opinions. But that era is long over. We now live in a world in which journalists blithely dismiss political movements they disagree with as “extreme,” “hard-right,” and “fascistic,” as though the superiority of their own political opinions was a self-evident fact that needed no explanation.
Accepted 'leftist' ideology is always presented in the media as 'progressive' - I feel then that there's an implication that any shout-out to the other side is, by default, 'backward'. I don't think they're entitled to OWN the word 'progressive'.
Oct 1, 2022·edited Oct 1, 2022Liked by David Thunder
That first paragraph is so true. I intend to write something about that very subject myself at some point because it chimes so much with me. Sometimes I wonder whether they feel they don’t have to hide the fact anymore because people have become so dumbed down. What other reason could it be?
It’s beyond obvious now that they are purveyors of opinion and the promotion of certain agendas rather than objectivity.
Accepted 'leftist' ideology is always presented in the media as 'progressive' - I feel then that there's an implication that any shout-out to the other side is, by default, 'backward'. I don't think they're entitled to OWN the word 'progressive'.
That first paragraph is so true. I intend to write something about that very subject myself at some point because it chimes so much with me. Sometimes I wonder whether they feel they don’t have to hide the fact anymore because people have become so dumbed down. What other reason could it be?
It’s beyond obvious now that they are purveyors of opinion and the promotion of certain agendas rather than objectivity.
Spot on.