This is what Lorenz gets most wrong in her impassioned little speech. She seems to imply that journalists deserve special protection because they are so darn virtuous. Their jobs are so important. When, in reality, the mainstream media have outraged and alienated at least half of the American population. Mainstream journalists have been the main purveyor of government disinformation on topics ranging from Russiagate to the origins of Covid-19 to the culture war. They treat ordinary Americans as akin to domestic terrorists if they do not want boys in girls’ school bathrooms. Far too many media professionals exist in privileged bubbles and make their contempt for regular people – who they never tire of stereotyping as racist, sexist, homophobic mouthbreathers – abundantly clear.
And now we should feel sorry for them? It’s a little late for that.
[Be sure to catch John’s post earlier today for his thoughts on the matter. Here’s mine: If the mainstream media was focused on actual journalism, Lorenz wouldn’t be employed at WaPo but would have been the first person shoved out the door. Her continuing presence there speaks volumes about ‘journalism’ these days. — Ed]
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