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The Economist, FT and Bloomberg are obsessed with both race and class. Not content with the meager profits of economic reporting on a budget, they have become p

The Economist, FT and Bloomberg are obsessed with both race and class. Not content with the meager profits of economic reporting on a budget, they have become peddlers of social ressentment for a long while.

zabzonk 4y ago
so the capitalist press are trying to foment a socialist revolution???
- notright5 4y ago
  They are not capitalist. They are sociologists / journalists / non-technical economists earning 50k (barely percentile 60), and telling us daily how action X is immoral (exactly what bishops and priests used to do).
  - zabzonk 4y ago
    oh come on! all are well known as being right-wing. and all of them are support organs for capitalism. i'm not saying there anything wrong with that - i enjoy reading both the ft and economist. and i like living in a basically capitalist society - the UK
    - WillPostForFood 4y ago
      are well known as being right-wing. and all of them are support organs for capitalism If anyone who believes in capitalism is "right-wing", sure. But by US standards, these are center left publications (like unofficially Democratic party affiliated left, not Bernie/Socialist/Occupy left). If you want to call them right-wing, show me an article critical of global warming, endorsing a republican besides Liz Cheney, or acknowledging Trump did at least one good thing (without caveats or apologies).
      - zabzonk 4y ago
        there is a difference between being right-wing and being a complete swivel-eyed loony. those publications are the former. also republicans and democrats are both right-wing (both part of the "money-party", as Gore Vidal called them). sadly.
  - notright5 4y ago
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  - hither_shores 4y ago
    Journalists don't decide the editorial stance of the publications they write for. In the short term, it's up to an editorial board or editor-in-chief. In the long term, it's up to the owners.
rr808 4y ago
No, they're obsessed with eyeballs and controversial stuff like this brings a lot of clicks.
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zabzonk 4y ago

so the capitalist press are trying to foment a socialist revolution???

notright5 4y ago
They are not capitalist. They are sociologists / journalists / non-technical economists earning 50k (barely percentile 60), and telling us daily how action X is immoral (exactly what bishops and priests used to do).
- zabzonk 4y ago
  oh come on! all are well known as being right-wing. and all of them are support organs for capitalism. i'm not saying there anything wrong with that - i enjoy reading both the ft and economist. and i like living in a basically capitalist society - the UK
  - WillPostForFood 4y ago
    are well known as being right-wing. and all of them are support organs for capitalism If anyone who believes in capitalism is "right-wing", sure. But by US standards, these are center left publications (like unofficially Democratic party affiliated left, not Bernie/Socialist/Occupy left). If you want to call them right-wing, show me an article critical of global warming, endorsing a republican besides Liz Cheney, or acknowledging Trump did at least one good thing (without caveats or apologies).
    - zabzonk 4y ago
      there is a difference between being right-wing and being a complete swivel-eyed loony. those publications are the former. also republicans and democrats are both right-wing (both part of the "money-party", as Gore Vidal called them). sadly.
- notright5 4y ago
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- hither_shores 4y ago
  Journalists don't decide the editorial stance of the publications they write for. In the short term, it's up to an editorial board or editor-in-chief. In the long term, it's up to the owners.

rr808 4y ago

No, they're obsessed with eyeballs and controversial stuff like this brings a lot of clicks.

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