“We’ve come a long way from simple bias. The same media that can’t stop talking about Russian efforts to trick voters into voting the wrong way, was running a covert operation to trick the government into supporting Iran over Saudi Arabia. Unlike the Russians, the Washington Post actually killed someone or at least got someone killed. Unlike the Trump team, the Washington Post was actually working with a foreign country that is often viewed as hostile to American interests.”
I’ve met several journalists. At least one is most likely an Intelligence officer (journalism seems the cover of choice). Another, occupying a senior position at a major German newspaper, had never heard of the Alt-Right or Breitbart when we met in summer 2016. His specialty was politics.
He struck me as a midwit, a nice guy but too young and too mediocre and ignorant for his job.
Unless, that is, one supposes intelligence and knowledge are incidental in this career.
And then, I ask, what is essential?
Remainders 