As explained in the post, “objectivity” was always an unattainable standard. It never made sense as an ideal to aspire to. But the emergent class of journalists have adopted an entire new activism-centered epistemology that is totally antithetical to basic precepts of journalism
Activist-journalists generate power/leverage by posturing as renegades challenging the status quo in the industry. They can't admit that their mentality is now the dominant one. It wasn't 10 years ago, but the post-2016 landscape (and especially post-2020) is radically different
True, which is why it's so notable that journalist imperatives and activist imperatives are becoming increasingly indistinguishable
Special bonus points to anyone who was able to automatically identify the gentleman in the headline image. That makes you an OG media critic by 2021 standards
Thank you so much @Schwartzesque for reading my Substack post about the state of the journalism industry, and then pretending like you're exasperated by reading posts about the journalism industry! Reinforces my theory that journalists enjoy reading about the journalism industry
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Wow. Someone passed along this manifesto from January. It calls for the abolition of "objectivity" in public radio, to be replaced instead by "statements of belief" -- e.g, belief in "anti-racism." The manifesto was endorsed by the head of @WNYC and others celesteheadlee.medium.com/an-anti-racist…
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Chatted with @jessesingal about his extremely dangerous new book, which harmfully provides readers with a framework to more critically assess the proliferation of pop psychology fads. After reading, I now understand why Singal must be Held Accountable mtracey.substack.com/p/how-to-spot-…
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It was truly the honor of a lifetime to introduce the world of Substack to @MarlowNYC’s spellbinding journalistic achievements, which he obviously attained 100% on his own merit. I’ll even forgive him for spilling the beans that the post was in the works 😂
Our friend Marlow must be rattled. He’s doing that thing where he keeps spastically following and then unfollowing me. I feel intimidated and harassed 😭😭😭
This is a real proposal in @PENamerica's new blockbuster Report outlining sweeping recommendations to aid allegedly traumatized journalists
FYI: The reason I keep talking about this "therapeutic trauma jargon" stuff is because it's so rapidly infiltrating every media/activism institution and being confided into policy + mores that affect society writ large
Does anyone in media ever stop to ponder what this says about the state of the industry
One of the main industry-wide campaigns going on in the media right now is providing support to professional adult journalists who say they are "afraid to open Twitter." That's a real thing that's happening, and to be a media member in good standing you're obligated to play long
This post provides ample reason to conclude that contemporary gender identity activists are 100% operating from within an easily-discernible ideology. They're perfectly entitled to that ideology: but denying its existence is a form of what's sometimes called "gaslighting"
This is elaborated on in the post, but as an early proponent of same-sex marriage one thing I've had to grapple with is that social conservatives were correct to foresee that the enactment of same-sex marriage would not placate LGBT activists, but instead further radicalize them
A central reason why the current media landscape is so constricted and stifled: the logic underlying demands to combat "Russian disinformation" has now been fully inculcated into journalists' overall advocacy for the suppression and censorship of speech mtracey.substack.com/p/how-the-cens…
Russiagate was a crucial forerunner to this ongoing outbreak of journalist-led censoriousness, but of course most journos eagerly helped amplify and propagate Russiagate so how would they even be aware of the damage they inflicted
Substack is only a "debacle" if you've been indoctrinated into believing you possess some eternal right to regulate the free-flow of information on the internet according to your political preferences. Russiagate kicked that indoctrination into overdrive