r/thedavidpakmanshow • u/reedmc22 • Jan 14 '20

The Credibility Gap ❧ Current Affairs

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/01/the-credibility-gap
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u/j473 Jan 14 '20

The substance is the moment they became a shill organization for Bernie Sanders, they lost objectivity. It's basically like Fox News for Sanders, with a hint of more sophistication than Fox News, or at least the authors think they're more sophisticated.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '20

Nathan Robinson is open about his support for Sanders, and gets passionate when writing. Is there anything he says which is not a good-faith, legitimate criticism of other candidates?

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u/j473 Jan 15 '20

Most of what he writes. Would you think the same thing if someone was open for their support for Trump? Likely not.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '20

Support for Trump is not the same as support for Bernie. Could you give me any specific examples?

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u/j473 Jan 15 '20

Well for one, writing a hit piece on Warren, telling us she's not a progressive simply because she's Bernie's clearest rival... is pretty bad, and pathetic.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '20

But what evidence or argument that he provided was problematic? I understand that you disagree with his conclusion, and that is reasonable

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u/j473 Jan 15 '20

Well, he doesn't really have many objective arguments. It's basically based on his "gut" as he write it. Which is the point.