Thus it is said, “You don’t hate journalists enough. You think you do, but you don’t.”
There was a nice t-shirt with “Some Assembly Required” whose uplifting message about these “bastions of democracy,” reminiscent of Diderot’s quote about priests and kings, I think about from time to time.
I think the better advice is to stop thinking they “exist to help us understand the world.” Their business is gossip and lies. And they act like it.
Thus it is said, “You don’t hate journalists enough. You think you do, but you don’t.”
There was a nice t-shirt with “Some Assembly Required” whose uplifting message about these “bastions of democracy,” reminiscent of Diderot’s quote about priests and kings, I think about from time to time.
I think the better advice is to stop thinking they “exist to help us understand the world.” Their business is gossip and lies. And they act like it.
Counterpoint: the likes of Kelsey Piper and Dylan Matthews are great. Their business does seem to be to help us understand and better the world.