... I could have told you who the news anchor was for CBS without thinking about it: Walter Cronkite. Or the guy after him(Dan Rather). I almost remember the guy after Rather…no, can’t do it.Right-wing take over of Politico and CNN, plus mainstream outlets like CBS News and others actively courting Trumpers and pulling their punches for sake of GOP "access" reveals everything terrible about mainstream media and its normalization of fascism. It's going to get worse.
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) September 6, 2022
Today? No clue.
Outside of Washington insiders and wannabe insiders, who reads Politico? It’s about as influential on national politics as CPAC, which was once treated as influential, then as a joke, then as almost-influential. It’s still just a joke. Charlie Pierce used to kick Politico around ruthlessly. Even he realized it was kicking an empty bag.
CNN? Again, who’s watching that except old people and Twitterheads who mine it for videos for fun and profit? I don’t miss paying for it. I still get the (few) interesting bits for free.
I’m not sure who’s “normalizing” fascism. I’m pretty sure who’s trying to normalize fear. I think that’s working equally well.
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