At some point, journalists are going to need consistent, universally applicable standards that answer this:
Why is it OK to use a billionaire's money to produce a video attacking reporters @Julio_Rosas11 & @VenturaReport, but it's immoral to criticize NYT & Intercept writers?
Why is it OK to use a billionaire's money to produce a video attacking reporters @Julio_Rosas11 & @VenturaReport, but it's immoral to criticize NYT & Intercept writers?
My view is very clear: any journalist who enters the public discourse and tries to influence political debates is fair game for criticism.
But you can't have a double standard where liberal journalists are sacred & untouchable and only non-liberal journalists can be attacked.
But you can't have a double standard where liberal journalists are sacred & untouchable and only non-liberal journalists can be attacked.
Put another way: if you produce a 20 minute video that has no point but to attack working-class journalists of color who cover a dangerous and violent group that routinely assault reporters, you don't get to whine and self-victimize when people criticize how you did it.
I spoke with @jimmy_dore about The Intercept's ugly and false but expensively produced attack on two journalists doing dangerous reporting in the field, and what this says about broader media trends (amazingly, TI has turned itself into the victim):
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