Oh what “fact-based” source do you get news from and how do they verify the “fact”? Do they use floating signifiers like “democracy”, “freedom”, “liberal”, “middle class”, “big government”? Do they have opinion columns and private ownership? It is impossible to act as if you’re both fact based and as if you’re serving your readership at the same time—the very act of choosing which stories to cover is deeply political itself, and that’s before you hit framing, what parts of the story you choose to emphasize, the goddamn headline (often written by a different person).
The National Review for instance is excellent at fact-checking, but I would not call the NR a factual paper or a paper of record.
There are no rocks on which to build these days (probably ever), just a series of private rides you can choose to be taken on.
The National Review for instance is excellent at fact-checking, but I would not call the NR a factual paper or a paper of record.
There are no rocks on which to build these days (probably ever), just a series of private rides you can choose to be taken on.