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The New York Times cultivated a liberal audience and now spends its time laundering its own shitty institutional prerogatives through an idea of “telling them hard truths they need to hear.”

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Andrew Elder 's avatar Andrew Elder @awelder.bsky.social
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Conservative media wins when it makes its audience angry and sad. Conservative media execs then go to work for liberal media, and they bring the brilliant insight of making your audience angry and sad

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Louis Nelson 's avatar Louis Nelson @anelson1818.bsky.social
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I’m kind of surprised they haven’t lost enough money to get them to stop. I can’t imagine still reading them all the time as someone on the left.

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The Fig Economy's avatar The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social
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There’s nothing hard about the “truths” they’re telling us, not for them. They want things to be a certain way and they’re putting their muscle into trying to make it that way. This is being done joyfully, not tearfully.

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Outside of journalistic circles, this is known as "being the most tiresome asshole in any room, anywhere."

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