Eric Blair
On epistemic circles.
The excellent Fetterman profile in the New Yorker contains a strong subtext about epistemic circles — that is, what information does Fetterman seek out, and where does he get information from?
Some quotes in thread
http://newyorker.com/magazine/2024/07/01/john-fettermans-war
Eric Blair
Fetterman signals his circles of info are not large
“But I’m, like, ‘There are no Middle East experts.’ Because if there are experts, well, have things gotten any better?” He went on, “I’ve had meetings with these experts, and they’re not able to answer all of these questions.”
Eric Blair
It’s also clear that a Republican colleague from PA has significant input into Fetterman’s epistemic framework on Israel.
“I’m just incredibly inspired and proud of the way he’s going about his work,” Bartos said.
Eric Blair
I don’t have much more to say about Fetterman, except that Jentleson’s theory isn’t implausible. That theory: that Fetterman is looking for a way to troll to get attention he can use to exert political power. Could be.
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Eric Blair
Oh— and this: media is impt for shaping epistemic circles.
That’s why Dems like us should care much much much more about media than we have.
Build Democratic media, do media policy, attack rightwing media. Have a media strategy because media affects people’s epistemics. /end
Eric Blair
“ In a recent Times story, an ex-aide had attributed his political turn to an increasing diet of conservative news media.…”
Eric Blair
Fetterman’s aides clearly get this- they get that people are wondering about which epistemic circles he is in.
“ his communications director, Carrie Adams, seeing that we were talking past each other, prompted him. “And meetings with experts, not just news outlets”
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