I've also been writing political satire. My faves are:

Mission Report from the Tiny Alien Piloting RFK Jr's Body www.effieseiberg.com/political-sa...

An Automated Phone Tree for the Alligator Detention Center (That is Definitely Not a Concentration Camp) www.effieseiberg.com/political-sa...

3/4

That's been the case since inauguration

Amen. My take:

US journalism: there are two sides to every coin.

The story ignored by he-said/she-said journalism: is the coinage debased? Counterfeit? What kind of Archimedean experiments can test these possibilities? What is the evidence, and how might the evidence be appraised by experts?

The NYT has become, at its core, not just anti-intellectual but antithetical to the whole project of the humanities. I suspect it was around the time when Gawker was sued into oblivion that things started changing there. Someone realized that folks like Peter Thiel embodied the more winning vision.

The author also discusses many other things you can't trust NYT on-- including everything I've seen a critical "but what about" comment on so far.

Good essay.
A real journalist provides context, not “both sidesism” masquerading as objectivity. Unfortunately, few, if any, major media outlets practice journalism any longer. They’re just tools for their corporate masters.

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