Donald Trump Broke The Conservative Media
August 26, 2016 10:16 AM   Subscribe

In a rare bit of original reporting, the website Business Insider takes a hard look at what the Trump phenomenon has led to in the right wing "not lame-stream" media. As Charlie Sykes puts it in the article, "But, at a certain point you wake up and you realize you have destroyed the credibility of any credible outlet out there,” Sykes concluded. “And I am feeling, to a certain extent, that we are reaping the whirlwind at that. And I have to look in the mirror and ask myself, 'To what extent did I contribute?’”

Seriously, RTFA before commenting. It's a worthwhile read, and contains subtleties that you aren't expecting.
posted by hippybear (3 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: As much as I can sympathize with any particular "yeah, but THIS one" instincts, we're pretty serious about keeping the election-an-such stuff to the current election-and-such thread, which at the moment is here. -- cortex



 
"We have reached the bizarro world point where, for all intents and purposes, conservatives are RINOs,” said John Ziegler, a nationally syndicated conservative talk show host who called the late Breitbart a friend. “There is no place now for real conservatives..."

There are no true Scotsmen left in the world.
posted by bonehead at 10:24 AM on August 26, 2016 [1 favorite]


Extreme orthodoxy is hard!
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 10:25 AM on August 26, 2016


"As the years progressed, it became increasingly clear the entertainment wing of the party had seized control."

Holy shit. That is beautifully put. Also terrifying.
posted by mrjohnmuller at 10:27 AM on August 26, 2016


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