Former Newsweek Washington Correspondent Urges Media to Battle ‘Conservative Moral Relativism’

NewsBusters ^ | January 28, 2017 | 8:37 PM EST | Tom Johnson

[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 don’t mean that journalists are suddenly enamored with the supernatural, but rather that we’ve re-embraced the idea that there’s 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, we’ve 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 ‘who’s to say what’s true?’” …

[Olog-hai]

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.

[kiryandil]

Talk to young Steven on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/stevenwaldman

[kiryandil]

That effing journoFake louse is encouraging other journoScum to read Stevie's "important" piece.

Give it to them till they cry.

[Vision Thing]

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.

[kiryandil]

That effing journoFake louse Jonathan Alter is encouraging other journoScum to read Stevie's "important" piece.

Give it to them till they cry.

[kiryandil]

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".

[kiryandil]

I think President Trump likes Melania better with her arms...

[bluejean]

“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.

[Reno89519]

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?

[Olog-hai]

Who was holding a “Hottest First Ladies” contest that declared Michelle the winner? I doubt I can recognize their validity.

[Vision Thing]

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.

[immadashell]

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.

[Doogle]

...so this clown is a JINO?

[kiryandil]

You need to get out more, Olog-hai.

Does "Let the Wookie win!" ring a bell? 😀

[kiryandil]

I was thinking of “the lead cure”, myself...

[Olog-hai]

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.

[kiryandil]

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.

[kiryandil]

Yeah, but Michelle would try to pull an arm off Melania, at least until Melania pulled her streetsweeper.

[Reno89519]

JINO? What is that?

[gspurlock]

Conservative moral relaivism??? Hahahahahahaha!!!