> Authoritarians and illiberal populists try to divide societies into crass binaries, often along culture war lines: patriots versus globalists; traditional-values conservatives versus woke liberals. Journalists must avoid reinforcing these categories. They should not assume that the so-called “other side” is a homogenous block; that is exactly what propagandists want.
Journalists should add to this list for themselves: sex, race.
They have been actively fostering “otherness” and pitting people against each other based on the color of their skin and their chromosomes, neither of which a human can choose.
Clean up your own house, discard your racist and sexist lenses and you will see more clearly.
> Authoritarians and illiberal populists try to divide societies into crass binaries, often along culture war lines: patriots versus globalists; traditional-values conservatives versus woke liberals. Journalists must avoid reinforcing these categories. They should not assume that the so-called “other side” is a homogenous block; that is exactly what propagandists want.
Journalists should add to this list for themselves: sex, race.
They have been actively fostering “otherness” and pitting people against each other based on the color of their skin and their chromosomes, neither of which a human can choose.
Clean up your own house, discard your racist and sexist lenses and you will see more clearly.