Mehdi HasanDon't know whether to laugh or cry: Garland insisted today on how *independent* and *impartial* his pick for Special Counsel, Jack Smith, will be.
THE RIGHT DOES NOT CARE!
They are not good-faith actors!
Apppeasing them does not work!
This Minute MattersWe need to create disdain for those that would profit from political discourse. Punditry is not a valid industry.
Paid punditry incentivizes division, conspiracy, and outrage. It turns our democracy into a supermarket tabloid as everyone scrambles to harvest attention to monetize.
Punditry is treason. It should be legal but culturally anathema.
Those on the "left" should make the first move to abolish for-profit punditry. The "right" is nothing but punditry, so it will never start there.
MSNBC, CNN, et al. should announce the elimination of ads from segments featuring political commentary.
Political discourse IS democracy, and it cannot be for sale.
JD@ThisMinuteMatters @mehdihasan CNN is just about as bad as Fox since ownership changed.