Passage from “Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy” by Batya Ungar-Sargon:
“If you’ve never heard of Vox, that’s probably because it’s not for you; from its inception, the site had a very specific audience in mind: young, affluent, and highly educated. Klein and his coeditors were writing for urban millennials under thirty-fi…
Passage from “Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy” by Batya Ungar-Sargon:
“If you’ve never heard of Vox, that’s probably because it’s not for you; from its inception, the site had a very specific audience in mind: young, affluent, and highly educated. Klein and his coeditors were writing for urban millennials under thirty-five heading highly educated households that made over $100,000 a year, the New York Times reported.18
Vox’s trademark style would be a cheeky, barely concealed smugness that flatters its readers into believing that by reading the website—which, not coincidentally, would sustain all of the liberal opinions that young, affluent, educated people already hold—they can rest assured that they are among the ranks of the correct, the informed, rather than one of the stupids.”
Passage from “Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy” by Batya Ungar-Sargon:
“If you’ve never heard of Vox, that’s probably because it’s not for you; from its inception, the site had a very specific audience in mind: young, affluent, and highly educated. Klein and his coeditors were writing for urban millennials under thirty-five heading highly educated households that made over $100,000 a year, the New York Times reported.18
Vox’s trademark style would be a cheeky, barely concealed smugness that flatters its readers into believing that by reading the website—which, not coincidentally, would sustain all of the liberal opinions that young, affluent, educated people already hold—they can rest assured that they are among the ranks of the correct, the informed, rather than one of the stupids.”
Great quote!
Thank you- just ordered the book! 📖📚📖
Muckracking at its finest.
Curious what they say about The Atlantic. They make more of an attempt than most to question the prevailing orthodoxy.
Absolutely. Batya's book touches on them all.