The fact that they tend to get hate both from the left and from the right indicates to me that they're probably close to the truth.
People have become so accustomed to their preferred news sources catering to their biases, they get offended when someone says something they agree with, but then follows it with something they don't. The uncertainty of being able to safely label someone as "my tribe" or "bad tribe" seems to cause anxiety for some.
Michael Tracey, Glenn Greenwald and Aaron Mate have been the only honest journalists on the left in the past few years.
The fact that they tend to get hate both from the left and from the right indicates to me that they're probably close to the truth.
People have become so accustomed to their preferred news sources catering to their biases, they get offended when someone says something they agree with, but then follows it with something they don't. The uncertainty of being able to safely label someone as "my tribe" or "bad tribe" seems to cause anxiety for some.
Breath of fresh air from all the hopium-laced bullshit twitters I've followed tbh.