Common Sense is one of the best things going in journalism today, but what's with the gratuitous attack on Trump? Savodnik concludes his piece by editorializing "... five years after America veered off its prescribed historical-political course, we remain convinced ..." That's an opinion that has nothing to do with the subject of the pie…
Common Sense is one of the best things going in journalism today, but what's with the gratuitous attack on Trump? Savodnik concludes his piece by editorializing "... five years after America veered off its prescribed historical-political course, we remain convinced ..." That's an opinion that has nothing to do with the subject of the piece.
It's obvious how Bari Weiss feels about Trump (she referred to him as "grotesque" in a Megyn Kelly podcast a few months back), but if she's pursuing journalism in the old school sense (i.e. objectively), then this kind of aside is unhelpful and might alienate an otherwise supportive segment of the readership.
There's a good reason for that - reminding the "otherwise supportive segment of the readership" that she has not drunk the MAGA Koolaid and has no intentions to.
It's a preventative measure to nip any expectations of audience capture in the bud.
Common Sense is one of the best things going in journalism today, but what's with the gratuitous attack on Trump? Savodnik concludes his piece by editorializing "... five years after America veered off its prescribed historical-political course, we remain convinced ..." That's an opinion that has nothing to do with the subject of the piece.
It's obvious how Bari Weiss feels about Trump (she referred to him as "grotesque" in a Megyn Kelly podcast a few months back), but if she's pursuing journalism in the old school sense (i.e. objectively), then this kind of aside is unhelpful and might alienate an otherwise supportive segment of the readership.
There's a good reason for that - reminding the "otherwise supportive segment of the readership" that she has not drunk the MAGA Koolaid and has no intentions to.
It's a preventative measure to nip any expectations of audience capture in the bud.
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