Because who needs an actual Liberal media when you have Tom Nichols and Charlie Sykes?
Because while Democrats were just standing around not winning and never winning and just generally sucking at winning, and the Lincoln Project and The Bulwark were out there -- repeatedly and single-handedly -- saving democracy!
Because the Lincoln Lads and The Bulwark really know how to get in Republican's heads, man! I mean, why can't the DNC hook up with them and let Rick Wilson orchestrate everything?
I mean, after all, is was the Lincoln Lads and The Bulwark "that got Biden elected".
For the record, these are not my sentiments. My analysis and critiques of the Lincoln Lads and The Bulwark are marbled throughout the last seven years of this blog -- from the invention of the Lincoln Lads and The Bulwark by MSNBC, to the ongoing and lavish sponsorship of the Lincoln Lads and The Bulwark by MSNBC to, finally, the colonization of MSNBC by employees of the Lincoln Lads and The Bulwark.
No, these are the sentiments of the actress Jane Lynch.
The spectacular Jane Lynch (Glee, Party Down) joins Tim and Sarah this week, and turns out she’s a huge fan of Never Trumpers!
Which, I suspect,also reflects the beliefs of a large number of Coastal Liberal elites. Which is why we can stop looking to them for any support in creating an actual Liberal media in this country.
Jane Lynch is a fine actress whose work I enjoy a great deal. She has also ingested wholesale all the self-aggrandizing bullshit the Lincoln Lads and The Bulwark are constantly pumping out. Self-aggrandizing bullshit which, thanks to their MSNBC benefactors, now reaches millions of liberals every week, including our Coastal Liberal elites.
So why bother to build an actual Liberal media when its so much easier to just job it out the Lincoln Lads and The Bulwark and cut them large checks whenever they need it?
After all, the Lincoln Lads proved that a small group of very determined people could change the tide of history.
And the reason I know that is true is because...uh...well...because veteran Republican charlatan and Lincoln Lad co-founder Rick Wilson says so:
"One thing we proved at the Lincoln Project was a small group of very determined people could change the tide of history." -- Rick Wilson
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Good morning, DG and BG. Thanks for the SFU cast this morning.
I'm categorically unwilling to give up on the prospect of a liberalized media enterprise. In fact, I believe that such an entity represents a necessary step in beginning to repair the damage done by American conservatism in the last few decades.
I'm also categorically unwilling to accept former GOP operatives (a.k.a. mercenary liars) as any part of that enterprise. Unfortunately, given their influence (however undeserved), it is highly likely that they'll weasel their way in, assuming an intentional liberal outlet ever actually materializes.
I hold out hope that blogs like yours (+Digby, EmptyWheel, NoMo, and others), and Daily Kos and The Guardian (the closest things there are to backbone liberal publications or media outlets) can eventually form a media Voltron of some sort.
If I had a stupid amount of money, I'd be working to make that happen.
Either way, keep doing what you're doing. Thank you.
As the media cannot sustain informative and follow up information that is clear, thorough with details that Citizens may make the best most informative decisions that is their civic duty from voting to communicating with their elected officials.
I mean, These networks went to 24/7 dedicated "news". But fill it with paid opinion. To entertain for ratings for corporate profit. Supporting corporate tax breaks and shifting taxes on everyone else. For instance.
* Sticks and stones may break my bones and AR-15's are built and sold to kill me.
Thoughts and prayers will never bring a loved one back to life or prevent the next shooting.
You notice when it comes to a woman's right to choose , when it comes to their "unborn" they do not tell the pro-lifers , "thoughts and prayers".
Why is that? They don't trust in their God on this but not that?
Twitter was the liberal media, and it's been bought out.
sigh.
So far, none the attempted substitutes do remotely the same job. Mastodon messages are by design limited in their reach. Spoutible has such vague terms of service that a huge swath of women and LGBTQAI+ are avoiding it; it is becoming Karenlandia. And besides, Chris Bouzy can't stand criticism from smart women.
Not aware of any other good alternatives.
I think I'll go write for my blog and eat worms.
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