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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Each of the Trillion dollar stimulus bills were massively cheered by the media.
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Because the elite consensus was that the absence of those bills was worse, and the elite consensus is that "deficit spending" is okay in a short-term crisis.
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Jake Tapper, a decent guy, will reliably represent the elite centrist view on war.
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I think foreign policy (with some exceptions such as Israel) and fiscal policy i) require fairly esoteric knowledge and ii) have largely been untouched by the culture wars, so some of the older norms prevail. But I think these are becoming more the exception than the rule.
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It’s not esoteric knowledge. It’s rejecting obvious, knowing lies.
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Elite consensus: could you possibly be more vague?
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