I find it interesting that you thought Ben’s column went easy on Tucker. My initial takeaway from it was that Tucker and members of the Washington political elite are two-faced, manipulative assholes who are more interested in attention, clicks, and viewership than behaving responsibly. After reading your post I’m beginning to wonder if that had more to do with what I believed going in to the column than what I was taking out.
Hey! So it’s not that I think he went easy on Tucker so much as I felt that what sounded like a really interesting piece ended up being pretty standard stuff that was fairly well known, at least within the world of media. But that’s just my opinion and I could very well be wrong about how much the general public knows (or cares) about the odd coziness between politicians/political figures/pundits and journalists. Thanks for your feedback!
I find it interesting that you thought Ben’s column went easy on Tucker. My initial takeaway from it was that Tucker and members of the Washington political elite are two-faced, manipulative assholes who are more interested in attention, clicks, and viewership than behaving responsibly. After reading your post I’m beginning to wonder if that had more to do with what I believed going in to the column than what I was taking out.
Hey! So it’s not that I think he went easy on Tucker so much as I felt that what sounded like a really interesting piece ended up being pretty standard stuff that was fairly well known, at least within the world of media. But that’s just my opinion and I could very well be wrong about how much the general public knows (or cares) about the odd coziness between politicians/political figures/pundits and journalists. Thanks for your feedback!