I am getting tired of sending every “Common Sense” item to my “group” and told them to subscribe to it themselves. I told them it is the consistently best stuff out there bar none; it is like the comment section of the WSJ. I always seem to hear a talent first here and then they show up all over the place. You two are like the fullback …
I am getting tired of sending every “Common Sense” item to my “group” and told them to subscribe to it themselves. I told them it is the consistently best stuff out there bar none; it is like the comment section of the WSJ. I always seem to hear a talent first here and then they show up all over the place. You two are like the fullback breaking the line Andi others pour through the hole. I raised my support recently to top level. NYT screw up is turning out to be great for the country. Keep it up
Yeah. I stopped sending to fiends on the left that I naïvely believed they may friend of interest. I always gat some negative comment. Their response is so predictable that it's jut not worth it. Additionally I do check my own bias and work hard to consider other points brought to my attention.
The essays are well written. The comment section is... lacking. There are some very good postings, like yours. And there are some others who have nothing to say, but go ahead and open their mouth. What's that saying about "better remain silent and be thought a fool, than..."?
The WSJ used to be my go-to source of business news and excellent commentary, along with some decent user feedback in the comment section. I subscribed to wsj.com early on, and watched that comment section go through 3-4 transformations, each time becoming less useful. We also endured a succession of incompetent moderators; for a while in the early 2000s, they apparently were using college interns, who would delete comments they disagreed with. I sent irate complaints about this, and it did change. But as the paper became more centrist-liberal, and especially in 2017 when their editorial page was dominated by never-Trumpers and globalist/free-traders, that was the end. The hell with them. Even Fox News is more faithful to the conservative cause.
Now, the NYT - oh, what a wretched organization, how fallen they are.
Fortunately we have some decent alternatives coming up. Substack with Bari, Glenn Greenwald, and a few others; Daily Wire with Ben Shapiro; Tim Pool, who is just killing it with his massive following and his own platform; and I suspect Trump's Truth Social will emerge as one of the heavyweights, if only because it will have an automatic 50 million members :)
Well said, and I have the same problem. I’ll admit to having the occasional disagreement with Bari, but it is always honest and well written, something that can feed debate, not shut it down with misguided hyperbole.
But that's not an admission; it's evidence that you're not looking for an echo chamber, you not susceptible to confirmation bias. You're looking for honest, independent journalists. As many of us are.
I don't mind when Alex or Bari or Emerald or Glenn or Matt (the 5 Substacks I pay for) write something I disagree with. I *want* to be challenged, I *want* my opinions to be subject to scrutiny. When I disagree, I explain why. When I can't make a better argument, I re-examine my argument.
I suspect you want those things, too, and that's why you're here.
I am getting tired of sending every “Common Sense” item to my “group” and told them to subscribe to it themselves. I told them it is the consistently best stuff out there bar none; it is like the comment section of the WSJ. I always seem to hear a talent first here and then they show up all over the place. You two are like the fullback breaking the line Andi others pour through the hole. I raised my support recently to top level. NYT screw up is turning out to be great for the country. Keep it up
NYT refugee here and I couldn't agree with you more!
Yeah. I stopped sending to fiends on the left that I naïvely believed they may friend of interest. I always gat some negative comment. Their response is so predictable that it's jut not worth it. Additionally I do check my own bias and work hard to consider other points brought to my attention.
The essays are well written. The comment section is... lacking. There are some very good postings, like yours. And there are some others who have nothing to say, but go ahead and open their mouth. What's that saying about "better remain silent and be thought a fool, than..."?
The WSJ used to be my go-to source of business news and excellent commentary, along with some decent user feedback in the comment section. I subscribed to wsj.com early on, and watched that comment section go through 3-4 transformations, each time becoming less useful. We also endured a succession of incompetent moderators; for a while in the early 2000s, they apparently were using college interns, who would delete comments they disagreed with. I sent irate complaints about this, and it did change. But as the paper became more centrist-liberal, and especially in 2017 when their editorial page was dominated by never-Trumpers and globalist/free-traders, that was the end. The hell with them. Even Fox News is more faithful to the conservative cause.
Now, the NYT - oh, what a wretched organization, how fallen they are.
Fortunately we have some decent alternatives coming up. Substack with Bari, Glenn Greenwald, and a few others; Daily Wire with Ben Shapiro; Tim Pool, who is just killing it with his massive following and his own platform; and I suspect Trump's Truth Social will emerge as one of the heavyweights, if only because it will have an automatic 50 million members :)
F*** Globalists & Free-traders, may they rot in hell with their Greed
With you 100%
Well said, and I have the same problem. I’ll admit to having the occasional disagreement with Bari, but it is always honest and well written, something that can feed debate, not shut it down with misguided hyperbole.
But that's not an admission; it's evidence that you're not looking for an echo chamber, you not susceptible to confirmation bias. You're looking for honest, independent journalists. As many of us are.
I don't mind when Alex or Bari or Emerald or Glenn or Matt (the 5 Substacks I pay for) write something I disagree with. I *want* to be challenged, I *want* my opinions to be subject to scrutiny. When I disagree, I explain why. When I can't make a better argument, I re-examine my argument.
I suspect you want those things, too, and that's why you're here.