tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841761.post4849816513869404564..comments2024-03-28T06:47:08.756-07:00Comments on Roger Ailes: Even The Liberal The New RepublicUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841761.post-42162285008757142112014-12-21T01:01:47.087-08:002014-12-21T01:01:47.087-08:00While all that Alterman is saying about TNR's ...While all that Alterman is saying about <i>TNR</i>'s inexorable decline and demise under the tutelage of Marty Peretz is certainly true, it's all imbued with a certain "ohmigod, these guys were such clever writers" schtick that one is meant to forget that they were shilling for a bunch of right-wing hacks who didn't have an idea worth remembering past, oh, about ninety seconds. Sure, they were <i>good</i> propagandists, but they were propagandists nevertheless. <br /><br />And, certainly, one can use as a gauge for this tendency Alterman's general description of <i>The Nation</i> as something akin to or beyond the Socialist Worker Party Newsletter, which is worth a chortle, given that the magazine at the time was pretty boilerplate New Deal liberalism--that's how far the <i>TNR</i> and other rags had pushed the narrative rightward.<br /><br /> Montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03531503205815503135noreply@blogger.com