There's a thing bad or click-hungry editors do that decent ones don't: they will take otherwise serviceable prose and jam buzzwords into it to boost "relevance." Suddenly Trump is in your XFL story. So is toxic masculinity. Bernie bros. An obligatory fifty privilege checks
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"Let's talk MMA. But first, a privilege check: know that I'm a [mediocre white male] who needs to lean out. Not out enough that I'm not getting paid to write this, which would be the normal thing to do. But just enough to tell you this so I can justify taking your job."
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Fyi, I'll just give you the work or the editorial contacts or the actual money. I'm not wearing the phony hairshirt to impress some other Twitter blue checks while knowing you know that I'm being disingenuous
9:44 PM - 26 Feb 2020
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