Biden benefitted from centrist bias of press as long as he was seen as alternative to threatening insurgent forces (Sanders) or anti-system demagoguery (Trump). But as Biden pushes against centrist preferences, he's now himself a target.
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Isn't there a long Matt Christman rant about this somewhere deep in Chapo?
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(Not that "long Matt Christman rant" narrows things down much.)
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This is like a Greenwald take if he hadn’t lost his mind
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Also they want to be seen as smarter than those they are covering
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That is the elitist part. They know better than unwashed masses.
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Incidentally, they are also the policies that make them rich
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If not rich, professionally secure. And nothing wrong with a profession. But there is an intrinsic moral value they assign their profession - and they get angry when challenged- arguing anyone immoral for not embracing their the righteousness of their perspective
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Totally agreed but that still benefits Rs because their extremism is viewed by those elite centrists exactly the same as popular progressivism
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Centrism is sold as popular progressivism by these people.
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