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Category Archives: Journalism
David Brooks – Professional Moralist, Shoddy Journalist, & Reliable Member of the Elite
Sasha Todorov posts on X about David Brooks’s farewell column in the NYT: “I wonder where “leave your wife for your research assistant who is your daughter’s age” fits in with what is universally agreed upon to be “true, beautiful, … Continue reading
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Decoding Journalism Prizes
ChatGPT says: Alliance Theory treats journalism prizes as alliance instruments, not neutral truth meters. From this view, prizes like the Pulitzer are primarily internal coordination devices. They signal who is in good standing with elite coalitions that dominate journalism, academia, … Continue reading
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Decoding The Parochial Jewish Press
ChatGPT says: Alliance Theory treats American Jewish journalism less as “media” and more as alliance infrastructure. These outlets are tools for boundary maintenance, coalition signaling, and elite mediation inside a shrinking but internally divided community. The Forward The Forward functions … Continue reading
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Decoding Skip Bayless
ChatGPT says: Alliance Theory read. Skip Bayless is a professional boundary enforcer in a spectacle alliance. Skip Bayless occupies a niche that is not about analysis or persuasion. His role is to stabilize audience coalitions by dramatizing loyalty conflicts. He … Continue reading
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Decoding Brandy Zadrozny
ChatGPT says: Brandy Zadrozny is best understood not as an investigative reporter in the classic sense, but as a narrative enforcement specialist embedded in legacy media. Her job is not primarily to discover unknown facts. It is to map, stigmatize, … Continue reading
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The Shooters Of Alex Pretti Placed On Administrative Leave
Why are there dozens of stories about the ICE agents involved in the shooting of Alex Pretti have been placed on administrative leave? Of course they are placed on administrative leave. That always happens when law enforcement officers shoot someone. … Continue reading
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The Bridge and the Moat: Jewish Survival Inside Gentile Nationalisms (1-28-26)
01:00 Will Trump push for mandatory e-verify? https://www.aporiamagazine.com/p/the-trouble-with-trumps-deportations02:00 Tucker Carlson is The Most Powerful Man on the Right (w/ Jason Zengerle), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6hcq2n26oY10:00 Israel has never been stronger nor more unpopular, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16730212:00 Yoram Hazony on Anti-Semitism and the American Right, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16729014:00 … Continue reading
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NYT: Fox News Head Sent a Policy Note to Bush
The New York Times published Nov. 19, 2002: Roger Ailes, the chairman of the Fox News Channel, confirmed yesterday that he sent a note to the White House last year suggesting policies for President Bush to follow in the wake … Continue reading
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Why Did The Pundits Who Supported The 2003 Invasion And Occupation Of Iraq Pay No Career Price?
ChatGPT says: Alliance Theory says they paid no price because they did not violate alliance norms. They honored them. The Iraq War was an elite consensus project. Not universal, but dominant inside the governing coalition that mattered: senior politicians, national … Continue reading
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