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The Left's Growing Anti-Media Problem

The Left's Growing Anti-Media Problem

I call it "reading defensively," and it's increasingly detached from reality

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David S. Bernstein
May 08, 2024
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After gently chiding the left for media-bashing last week, I find myself following up today with thoughts on what I call “reading defensively.”

I’ve written on a lot of topics over my 30-plus years in journalism, and find that people tend to consume news media differently when it concerns something in which they have an emotional investment. It’s not ter…

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