this all started with yesterday's n y times...nothing new in that...i subscribe to the times mostly to keep a grip on what the east coast liberal elite ( and the times is nothing if not elitist ) thinks i should be thinking...they have an agenda...like the neo-cons...and the white supremacists...and the qanon theorists...and just about anyone else you care to name since we all have one...just some are more malignant than others...and some are just greedy...
there was a full page ad asking me to show my caring by making a purchase of some overpriced item from the new york times store...what i am supposed to be caring about seems left up to me...is it serious reportage or the times revenue stream...my choice since there is no direction even hinted at by that generic lede...
you can purchase a spiffy baseball cap...
or a list of those who have ( to that point ) perished of covid-19...
and if that depresses you you can numb it with a carafe of the time's house red...
not to be outdone other powerhouses of print journalism have entered into the retail world...
and they have their own house red too...not to be outdone, broadcast journalists...
pandering to all segments of the political spectrum are selling logo emblazoned mugs, shirts, hoodies, totes, underwear...a full line of stuff...so you can wear your politics as a brand...or drink your coffee ( or wine ) from your favorite talking head's show for all to see..what they are not selling is objective information...they are all biased despite their claims to present "truthful reportage"...the truth is hard to know...a slippery subject when people only hear what reinforces their world view...so choose your paper/channel and dig in...there's money to be made.
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