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The news coverage given to Brock’s fake news focus provides fresh evidence of how he’s truly set himself apart in the smear industry. As a political operative, he seems able to pick up the phone or send an email and get his message covered in outlets ranging from Politico to the New York Times. There are no other liberals or conservative counterpar
... See moreSharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
The death of the public intellectual
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I find it an uncanny coincidence that there’s a Brock connection to Pizzagate, which has become the poster child for “fake news,” just as Brock happens to emerge to lead the anti–fake news movement.
Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
“From one white person to another its [sic] on US to end White Supremacy #whitework.” Her name was Heather Marie Scholl, and McInnes’s interview with her went so viral that it has more views than all of his other episodes combined (despite other guests including such heavy hitters as Tucker Carlson and Ann Coulter).
Michael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
Kate O'Neill & KO Insights: Strategy for Meaningful Human Experience
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In fact, if I were to isolate Brock’s single most important achievement, it would be his uncanny ability to integrate Media Matters into the mainstream news culture as a news source. No other partisan group has been as successful at influencing the media and passing off its partisan work as news, or a newsworthy product.