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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
When you have nothing to say, you swear more to fill the void.
We were having a conversation about the media. There is no left-wing counterpart to Fox News. Nor is there a left-wing counterpart to Breitbart, for that matter. Everyone shares the internet, and everyone can find crazy stuff on Facebook, but conservative media spreads misinformation in a way that has no left-wing parallel. Indeed, there is no left-wing counterpart to most conservative media, which is a key part of the story. (Not all right-wing media is like this. The FT and the Economist are both right of center and very solid.) When you change the subject to tell me that there are deluded idiots on both the right and the left, you are no longer talking about what is wrong with the media.
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I swear when I think the person I’m talking to is stupid or inadequately informed. You’re not stupid. But you’re fucking clueless. If you believe the right is the only deluded group, this conversation is pointless. You’re an idiot regarding the subject, and there’s no point in talking to you about it.
ETA: Fox has an analogue: MSNBC. I don’t know about Brietbart as I've never paid any attention to it. But whatever idiocy it spreads, a number of left leaning sites do the same, if not more.
