Bias Blowback
OPINION: It's no surprise to this old mutt that some politicians are done playing nice with the low rent media pack that hounds them looking for a 'gotcha' moment.
The Hound reckons it’s not actually that complicated.
They think they are ‘challenging worldviews’ and that the backlash is driven by echo chambers.
As commentator Ani O’Brien notes, they’ve missed the obvious problem: “the media is the biggest echo chamber of all”.
Journalists aren’t being punished for telling the truth, they’re being called out for manufacturing it.
They’ve confused journalism with activism and see themselves as moral gatekeepers – not here to inform but to correct.
“Until editors stop congratulating themselves for being ‘watchdogs of democracy’ while guarding only one side [the left], trust will keep collapsing.”
