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The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “I’m not angry that you lied to me, I’m angry that I can no longer trust you.” ” These words came to mind as scientists and leading media figures lost all restraint and neutrality in bemoaning the outcome of the presidential election. After regaining calm, the public was told to ignore what they had just seen.
It’s no surprise that President Trump’s landslide victory last week sparked near-hysteria among some female Harris supporters. vow to break up with a man to others cut their hair Those who vow to flee the country (some strangely announcement He was “leaving the United States” for Hawaii).
It may not be all that surprising that New York Governor Kathy Hochul would do this. Labeling more than half of voters “anti-American”” announced that they are now officially transitioning to vote for Trump and other Democratic politicians. This democratically elected dictatorship.
Science American editor lashes out at the ‘shitbagists’ who elected Donald Trump
The most interesting thing to watch was the media elite. Obviously, the reaction on MSNBC and CNN was expected as numbers like this: Contributor Claire McCaskill I cried on air.
But other news organizations like CBS News have long maintained their neutrality, even as the station has been criticized for openly promoting the Harris-Waltz feud. This included the alleged biased treatment of the vice presidential debate because CBS insisted that its hosts and journalists were completely neutral in the election.
But after the election, CBS News anchor John Dickerson choked up during an interview on national television’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”. ” Dickerson chose to appear on a show that has long been openly anti-Trump. Nevertheless, many were surprised that Dickerson remained grief-stricken days after the election.
Colbert asked, “How would you explain that to a 14-year-old today? How would you explain this election?”
“I try not to think about my boys because…” Dickerson began before losing his composure.
It was natural for late-night hosts like Jimmy Kimmel to cry over the outcome, which is one of the top stories on one of the top three networks.
So far, there has been no backlash against CBS. This is in contrast to a recent controversy involving CBS News host Tony Dokoupil. Dokoupil was quickly criticized by CBS for showing bias for criticizing authors who expressed anti-Israel views. Dokoupil reportedly appeared to be biased in favor of Israel and was forced into an “emotional meeting” with upset network staff.
So how does CBS pretend to be neutral when its anchors get choked up thinking about Trump’s victory? The answer is simple. The public is being told to ignore it and trust journalists who can’t even discuss the election results without crying.
The message was even more jarring to Scientific American. Once a popular science-based publication, the magazine became increasingly criticized for its political slant and pseudoscientific views. Much of the responsibility falls on editor-in-chief Laura Helmut.
After the election, Helmut went on a rant and ranted on social media.
She called Gen Because it would send them back to the moon.” He accused his fellow Indians of being “racist and sexist” for voting for Trump.
Helmut called people of his generation “shitbagists.” (Screenshot of Blue Sky)
The post removed any false claims of neutrality and revived many long-standing concerns about the magazine’s direction. Helmut deleted the comment and effectively told readers to forget what he had said.
To be fair, Helmut was trying to distinguish between his personal views and his views as editor-in-chief. But her “expression of shock and confusion over the election results” is similar to how many have opposed the magazine’s political turn in recent years.
In 2020, scientific american It broke with the 175-year tradition of non-partisanship. support joe biden in the presidential election. conservatives are complained About the purpose and arguments of this magazine, which used to be completely unrelated to politics.
Importantly, Helmut’s anger isn’t limited to her social media accounts.
The people are being told that again ignore the man behind the curtain. However, many of the people have already left.
The Washington Post will not endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election. (Oliver Contreras/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
As I argue in a recent book, “essential rights” Many media outlets and journalism schools explicitly abandoned both objectivity and neutrality several years ago. As a result, revenues and readership plummeted as people turned to new media and other sources for their news.
In the Washington Post, publisher and CEO William Lewis put it bluntly: tell the staff“Let’s not go easy on it…We’re losing a lot of money. Your audience has been cut in half over the last few years. People aren’t reading your work. Right? ?I can’t take it easy anymore.”
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Nevertheless, shortly after President Trump won, the Post published an editorial The title is “The Second Resistance Against Trump Must Begin Now.”
The problem is that if “people aren’t reading your articles”, fewer people may be willing to join the second resistance after rejecting the first. Many doubt that the CBS anchor, who couldn’t even talk about Trump’s victory without losing his cool, will look at the Trump administration objectively in the coming years.
Even fewer people will believe assurances from someone like Helmut that he will restore “editorial objectivity” after denouncing Trump supporters as mindless racists.
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Of course, if you believe that more than half the country is “stupid,” you might believe that they will just forget about the post-election chaos.
Perhaps they are right. It was once said, “A bastard prefers a beautiful lie to an ugly truth.” The problem is, if this election proved one thing, it’s that many voters clearly felt they were being ignored by the media and the political establishment.
Drawing the curtain didn’t work out for the great Oz, but it goes even worse for legacy media.
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