Bodhipaksa
To the editorial boards of the Washington Post and the New York Times, the presidential election is a kind of Hunger Games. It's a spectacle to be milked for its entertainment value. If it's not entertaining enough for them, they'll create some new narrative that makes things more dramatic.
The fact that this political context has profound effects on people's lives doesn't matter to them. They want to be in control of the narrative, creating drama.
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KarmicResonance
@bodhipaksa And we deserve journalism, not Brett Stephens
Bodhipaksa
And this: a Republican columnist explaining why he wants to see a cage match rather than a smooth transition to a new candidate. (Well, he would, wouldn’t he?)
Bodhipaksa
Also see this.
Bodhipaksa
So we have nonsense like this NYT piece, where their columnists are asked to select alternatives to Harris, ranking them by how "exciting" they are. (Despite the huge excitement for Harris in the real world, the NYT decides she's pretty dull, really.) They also decide that EVERY other rando they picked — some of whom have already endorsed her — is more electable than she is. Including some you've probably never heard of. It's childish. They are not serious people.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/07/22/opinion/best-worst-candidates-to-replace-biden.html
Paul Cantrell
@bbelton @bodhipaksa
He’s so profoundly disappointing — not just because he’s wrong, but because he’s so aggressively •obvious•. Listening to him, even the anger is overwhelmed by the boredom. I don’t know if I’ve ever met a human with stronger “NPC in an RPG” vibes.
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