Screenshot of WaPo piece titled “Led by Trump, GOP candidates take polarizing stances on race and history”

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   Thomas Zimmer (tzimmer_history@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 13:58:37 JST Thomas Zimmer

   Neutrality-theater journalism gravitates towards the “polarization” narrative precisely because it obscures rather than illuminates, dissolves the specifics of the political conflict into a vague lament over “division,” allows journalists to signal how above the fray they are. 1/