Like Brennus said, they are activists pushing ideology, there is no unsolicited opinion when it comes to them. Also, remember "everything is political". That's not commentary on the present, it's their vision for a perfect world where everyone is an activist for the cause. There should not be an out for you, no disconnect from everyday life, no escapism, "the work" is never over and you must contribute. How dare you have fun without thinking of everything "wrong" in the world (including you and/or your opinions, possibly)?!
Now take this line of thought and apply it to almost everywhere else. Some people just seem to have a compulsion to give their thoughts on something without being prompted.
To some extent it's the perfect situation for online bloggers because they are quite literally speaking into a faceless void/camera lens, so the fact they are "talking" to others just gives them a reasonably credible excuse to waffle for hours on end.
They wanted to write hard hitting commentary and "find the truth" at NYT or Washington ComPost but the only outlets that would employ them were pop culture ones.
Therefore, they use their job as a way to live out their failed dreams, hence the big push for politics at these websites that were supposed to just entertain people.
I’ll never understand why they think gamers want their unsolicited political commentary
Because they are not gamers, and they are not journalist. They are Marxist pushing propaganda
The Pulitzer Prize—the so-called award for journalistic excellence—was created by a sensationalist who instigated the Spanish–American War.
It's an award they give to each other for doing whatever it is that they do -- really well. In that case I guess it was instigating a war.
Like Brennus said, they are activists pushing ideology, there is no unsolicited opinion when it comes to them. Also, remember "everything is political". That's not commentary on the present, it's their vision for a perfect world where everyone is an activist for the cause. There should not be an out for you, no disconnect from everyday life, no escapism, "the work" is never over and you must contribute. How dare you have fun without thinking of everything "wrong" in the world (including you and/or your opinions, possibly)?!
True. These are the people that go livid if you suggest escapism.
Now take this line of thought and apply it to almost everywhere else. Some people just seem to have a compulsion to give their thoughts on something without being prompted.
To some extent it's the perfect situation for online bloggers because they are quite literally speaking into a faceless void/camera lens, so the fact they are "talking" to others just gives them a reasonably credible excuse to waffle for hours on end.
They wanted to write hard hitting commentary and "find the truth" at NYT or Washington ComPost but the only outlets that would employ them were pop culture ones.
Therefore, they use their job as a way to live out their failed dreams, hence the big push for politics at these websites that were supposed to just entertain people.
That has to be it. Because these people give these pretentious lectures about how everything has to address some major issue