Earlier this week, proud “undocumented citizen” and journalist Jose Antonio Vargas called for a “new journalism”:
Can we have #NewJournalism in which journalists don’t hide behind “objectivity” and “balance” to expose moral bankruptcy?
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) May 15, 2018
Now, that’s bad enough on its face:
what ur asking for is activism, and u wonder why ur confused.
— diego (@dmez15) May 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/Peripatetic_Man/status/996580031836106753
But in light of the media’s colossal “animals” clusterf*ck, Vargas’ plea reaches a whole ‘nother level of awful. Journalists’ mad rush to expose Donald Trump’s “moral bankruptcy” with regard to illegal immigrants blew up in their faces. But hey — if Jose wants more of that, he can have it. Soon enough, “new journalism” will become “no journalism.”
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