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Former Newsweek Washington Correspondent Urges Media to Battle ‘Conservative Moral Relativism’
NewsBusters ^
| January 28, 2017 | 8:37 PM EST
| Tom Johnson
Posted on 01/29/2017 9:40:43 PM PST by Olog-hai
Should the mainstream media lead, to borrow a term from religion, a great awakening? Yes, in a sense, suggested longtime journalist Steven Waldman in a Thursday Washington Monthly piece. Donald Trump and his campaign have pushed the idea that each of us has our own truth, or alternative facts, wrote Waldman. Suddenly I feel like journalists are the most religious people in America. I dont mean that journalists are suddenly enamored with the supernatural, but rather that weve re-embraced the idea that theres a thing called truth an absolute value that lives above and apart from the world of framing and spin.
As Waldman sees it, the current war on the concept of truth [is] accompanied by a rise in conservative moral relativism
One could see it in the conservative defense of the tobacco industry, which undercut science by putting out alternative facts. More recently, weve seen the fossil fuels industry take the same approach on climate change
The goal of such tactics is usually not to refute the evidence but move the debate from an area of absolutes to an area of relativity from this is true to whos to say whats true?
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TOPICS: Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: jewishlies; jewishmedia; jews; liberalagenda; newsweek; waldman; washingtonmonthly
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So after you left-wing journalists have lied so much all this time, would this not be you saying that these are bigger lies than before? This Waldman is really twisted. Wow.
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posted on
01/29/2017 9:40:43 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
01/29/2017 9:46:50 PM PST
by
kiryandil
(Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
To: Olog-hai
That effing journoFake louse is encouraging other journoScum to read Stevie's "important" piece.
Give it to them till they cry.
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posted on
01/29/2017 9:47:57 PM PST
by
kiryandil
(Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
To: Olog-hai
The mutha fakin’ pressholes of the msm care for the truth now? They still insist that michelle ‘squatch obama is the pretiest most elegant first lady ever. Eff that chit.
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posted on
01/29/2017 9:48:43 PM PST
by
Vision Thing
(You see the depths of our hearts, and You love us the same...)
To: Olog-hai
That effing journoFake louse Jonathan Alter is encouraging other journoScum to read Stevie's "important" piece.
Give it to them till they cry.
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posted on
01/29/2017 9:49:28 PM PST
by
kiryandil
(Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
To: Vision Thing; Olog-hai
They still insist that michelle squatch obama is the pretiest most elegant first lady ever. Eff that chit. Well, it IS true that Michelle beat Melania in the "Hottest First Ladies" contest.
C3PO, Melania's advisor,[of Star Wars fame] gave Melania some advice after he heard about Michelle's "tendencies".
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posted on
01/29/2017 9:52:23 PM PST
by
kiryandil
(Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
To: Vision Thing
I think President Trump likes Melania better with her arms...
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posted on
01/29/2017 9:53:08 PM PST
by
kiryandil
(Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
To: Olog-hai
“conservative moral relativism”
HA ha ha ha ha! OMG! I have come to the conclusion that somewhere along the way, I woke up on a planetary insane asylum. Can I wake up now? Please? This is a nightmare.
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posted on
01/29/2017 9:54:13 PM PST
by
bluejean
(The lunatics are running the asylum)
To: Olog-hai
Gee, here I thought “Conservative Moral Relativism” was when otherwise conservatives tossed everything aside to support, defend, and continue to promote Lyn’ Ted. Maybe they are instead CINO?
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posted on
01/29/2017 9:56:31 PM PST
by
Reno89519
(Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
To: kiryandil
Who was holding a “Hottest First Ladies” contest that declared Michelle the winner? I doubt I can recognize their validity.
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posted on
01/29/2017 9:58:11 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: kiryandil
President Trump seems to like ‘squatchbama on a personal level, but he wouldn’t marry that chit. It was a no brainer for Trump to marry Melania.
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posted on
01/29/2017 9:58:22 PM PST
by
Vision Thing
(You see the depths of our hearts, and You love us the same...)
To: Olog-hai
The only way to save the media is for them to return to reporting the news instead of parroting the spin of the DNC. If it means the demise of the Times, so be it.
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posted on
01/29/2017 10:00:31 PM PST
by
immadashell
(Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
To: Reno89519
...so this clown is a JINO?
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posted on
01/29/2017 10:30:20 PM PST
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: Olog-hai; Vision Thing
You need to get out more, Olog-hai.
Does "Let the Wookie win!" ring a bell? 😀
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posted on
01/29/2017 10:37:09 PM PST
by
kiryandil
(Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
To: bluejean
I was thinking of “the lead cure”, myself...
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posted on
01/29/2017 10:38:04 PM PST
by
kiryandil
(Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
To: kiryandil
1977 was forty years ago. I nearly broke my neck tripping over my cousin’s SW toys, especially the big X-wing fighter. And of course after hearing Peter Mayhew talk in his real voice, I’d never believe that he’d pull the arms off a droid after losing at Dejarik.
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posted on
01/29/2017 10:40:47 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Doogle
I'm liking that [JINO].
Hey, how come you guys aren't over on Twitter?
We need a bunch of veteran junior officers & senior non-coms.
As I was telling someone over there - it's like 18th century warfare, with musketry. You just have to have your line of people continually firing, reloading, then firing again.
I'm building up my own company of grenadiers & riflemen/women, but I'm just one guy.
That's where the battle is at.
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posted on
01/29/2017 10:43:18 PM PST
by
kiryandil
(Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
To: Olog-hai
Yeah, but Michelle would try to pull an arm off Melania, at least until Melania pulled her streetsweeper.
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posted on
01/29/2017 10:44:39 PM PST
by
kiryandil
(Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
To: Doogle
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posted on
01/29/2017 11:04:49 PM PST
by
Reno89519
(Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
To: Olog-hai
Conservative moral relaivism??? Hahahahahahaha!!!
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posted on
01/29/2017 11:08:52 PM PST
by
gspurlock
(http://www.backyardfence.wordpress.com)
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