A promo line for media critic Steve Krakauers Uncovered: How the Media Got Cozy With Power, Abandoned Its Principles, and Lost the People says, The fourth estate is supposed to be a conduit to the people and a check on power. Instead, we have a bunch of geographically isolated, introspection-free, cozy-with-power, egomaniacal journalists thirsty for elite approval. Weve known that for some time. But Krakauer, a report on the newly published book says, proves it in spades by disclosing the mass hysteria inside The New York Times after it published Senator Tom Cottons op-ed Send In the Troops. Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas, argued that the Floyd Hoax Riots of 2020 should have been answered with National Guard troops.
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