Dan GillmorBig Journalism's relentless use of the word "conservative" to describe vicious right-wing extremism is one of the trade's laziest -- and damaging -- practices. It puts a mask of moderation on the vile nature of the people and ideology that it describes. This, from NBC, is a sad example: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/was-childfree-woman-enjoying-saturday-came-culture-warriors-rcna103581
Lucas B. Cohen 🍇@dangillmor Interesting observation. In France I tend to deplore the opposite: journalists overlook the conservative component of what they lazily label “the right-wing”—fully ignoring the existence of a politically liberal and progressive strain of thought on the right.