Either/Or

Criticizing the media has become a sensitive issue for many on the left in the age of Trump. With an authoritarian president in office who seeks to discredit the media at every turn and regularly calls the press the “enemy of the people,” being too critical of the journalism business in 2019 can feel a bit like kicking someone when they’re down. Journalists in and beyond the U.S. not only must deal with a hostile president who attacks reporters and publications that don’t offer a steady stream of fawning coverage, but they are also grappling with the fact that their industry is in rapid decline.--CL

This essay makes excellent points about two differing critiques of the U.S. media by the left and right in today's political discourse.

The right regularly labels mainstream news outlets as "liberal," or "socialist," which is absolute  bullshit.

Nudging closer to the truth, the left's critique of big media marks them as capitalist stooges and collaborators.

An interesting read. 


TS