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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
All of the above are top class journalists, surpassed in quality only by Farage.
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Not really journalists though are they? We don't usually know the name of proper journalists because they don't make themselves the story. They're outrage merchants. Their job isn't to uncover things but incite people to drive engagement. Say something outlandish, get people to react and monetise the outrage. It takes little more talent than that seen from an internet troll.
The irony is that oftentimes the left-wing counterparts they rail against the most are their allies in a symbiotic relationship where they need each other to keep their careers going. They each other to react/argue against.
I stopped following people like James O'Brien years ago because of this as the grift is so obvious. He panders to this sympathetic audience, provokes his unsympathetic audience and makes a career selling ads or books to these mugs who think 'owning' a caricature of right (or left in the case of the commentators above) is a worthwhile use of a time.