William Lindsey :toad: on Nostr: Dan Froomkin notes that the mainstream media insists on whitewashing Mike Johnson and ...

Dan Froomkin notes that the mainstream media insists on whitewashing Mike Johnson and the Republican party in general, hiding its theocratic extremism behind misleading adjectives like "conservative": but,

"Johnson, like the party he now represents, is an extremist and a reactionary. By calling him a conservative – a 'staunch' one at that – the mainstream media coverage normalizes him. It even glamorizes him."

#MikeJohnson #Republicans #normalization #MediaFail

https://presswatchers.org/2023/10/as-republicans-embrace-theocratic-authoritarianism-the-political-media-is-tongue-tied/