I was most taken Mr. fallows by your list of words on the vocabulary of a normalization.
So I checked my SubStack post on the debt limit to see if I had committed a sin.
My words included “crisis,” “catastrophe” “alternate reality” “totally unnecessary” … but none of the words on your list. I guess I passed the test? Check it out yourself!
It's an object lesson in how once the news gurus select a narrative, they will do anything to manipulate the facts to fit their narrative.
But, of course, drama sells. Conflict is the coin of the realm, and the more outrageous it is the more clicks they will get on it.
Welcome to Substack. I beat you here by only three weeks, and it is a wonderful community. I subscribed after your appearance on Brian Stetler's show "Reliable Sources” on Sunday morning which is must see TV for me. You were on point.
I was most taken Mr. fallows by your list of words on the vocabulary of a normalization.
So I checked my SubStack post on the debt limit to see if I had committed a sin.
My words included “crisis,” “catastrophe” “alternate reality” “totally unnecessary” … but none of the words on your list. I guess I passed the test? Check it out yourself!
WHAT IS THE DEBT CEILING? Why YOU should care
https://warrenswil.substack.com/p/what-is-the-debt-ceiling-why-you
It's an object lesson in how once the news gurus select a narrative, they will do anything to manipulate the facts to fit their narrative.
But, of course, drama sells. Conflict is the coin of the realm, and the more outrageous it is the more clicks they will get on it.
Welcome to Substack. I beat you here by only three weeks, and it is a wonderful community. I subscribed after your appearance on Brian Stetler's show "Reliable Sources” on Sunday morning which is must see TV for me. You were on point.
Belated thanks! I have been on the road since that TV show, as mentioned here. https://fallows.substack.com/p/american-soft-skills-infrastructure Will get back in the fray now. Congrats on what you wrote and said.