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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Aug 2021

      True bias of USA press is neither left not right but elite centrist. Things loved by elite centrists (forever wars, deficit reduction, anti-inflation policies, "bipartisan compromise") are treated as if they are naturally right and good, rather than debatable policy choices.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Aug 2021

      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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        2. AbhiDhabi5‏ @AbhiDhabi5 22 Aug 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          A sign that his popularity is about to spike tho…

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        3. Eric the Red‏ @RealEric4Real 22 Aug 2021
          Replying to @AbhiDhabi5 @HeerJeet

          Probably not - his base watches these cable channels that are now bashing him 24/7. Consent machine go brrr

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        1. Drew Reed‏ @thedrewreed 22 Aug 2021
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          Facts. This is probably going to piss off a lot of centrists, this proving you were right.

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        2. Ross Barkan‏Verified account @RossBarkan 22 Aug 2021
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          and a bias to the cultural left, which is different than this. almost no journalists are religious or socially conservative, but that describes a large minority of the country

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Aug 2021
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          Right, it's a very specific set of beliefs -- hawkish on foreign policy, corporatist on economics, libertarian on social policy -- that has no real political puchase except among elite.

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        1. 忍者の神 Marxist-Yeagerist ⌬‏ @delmoi 22 Aug 2021
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          And of course the reason that Afghanistan is "centrist" is because all these politically connected people are pocketing the trillions of dollars being spent in the country.

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        1. Psy Costanza‏ @J_Holla 22 Aug 2021
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          Enormous loss of civilian life was a complete writeoff as long as it was in service to US military presence

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        1. RoneFace‏ @RoneFace 22 Aug 2021
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          Worth pointing out that none of those things elite centrists fetishized are actual policy conclusions. They’re all process oriented.

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        1. Dustin Braden‏ @dbrades89 22 Aug 2021
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          Astute

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        2. Wil‏ @WilHadden 22 Aug 2021

          Or maybe trying to reconcile any number of warring factions was never going to be possible, which was something every president for the last 20 years knew to be true but none ever faced up to.

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