Authoritarianism articles
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Libertarians willing to overlook Trump’s authoritarian plans
Donald Trump, the Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orbán fanboy who thinks U.S. states should be free to monitor women’s pregnancies to keep them from seeking abortions, is preparing to woo the nation’s libertarians, a small cohort of the population that (supposedly) regards human freedom as the highest good of American life. On Wednesday, Trump announced he would accept the Libertarian Party’s invitation to speak at its national convention in Washington, D.C., at the end of May. “Libertarians are...
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Are Journalists 'Anti-Authoritarian' as They Seek to Banish Conservative Views?
On Friday, Associated Press media reporter David Bauder looked at recent internal newsroom debates that went public, "Journalists taking the critical gaze they deploy to cover the world and turning it inward at their own employers." He cited Uri Berliner's essay on NPR, NBC dumping RNC chair Ronna McDaniel, and a fight at The New York Times over a story on sexual assault by Hamas. Journalism as a profession attracts people who are anti-authoritarian, who see themselves as truth-tellers. Many...
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Are Journalists 'Anti-Authoritarian' as They Seek to Banish Conservative Views?
On Friday, Associated Press media reporter David Bauder looked at recent internal newsroom debates that went public, "Journalists taking the critical gaze they deploy to cover the world and turning it inward at their own employers." He cited Uri Berliner's essay on NPR, NBC dumping RNC chair Ronna McDaniel, and a fight at The New York Times over a story on sexual assault by Hamas. Journalism as a profession attracts people who are anti-authoritarian, who see themselves as truth-tellers. Many...