But his voice is on-brand classic Disney villain! Absurdly sublime.
And frankly, he was always about 3/4 heel turn from the jump, so while it was fun to watch him and Taibbi just dance around Gladwell’s absurd description of Walter Cronkite as an avatar of ‘50s journalism, I treat Murray as one step away from VDARE.
True. I guess what’s important in my interpretation of the role is that the speaker back up their assertions with facts, and “when the facts change [they] change their minds”
That’s Singal to a tee, more than anyone else I can think of.
If it’s just DGAF, you could lump in NHJ and Michael Hobbes (I think?) with Taibbi and Greenwald (potentially the Reality Show that melts the media’s brain)
Ok, that Revisionist History episode that was mentioned was kind of wild. It's been 4 months since then, and he clearly still feels some sort of way about it. It's like he never even considered that Murray/Taibbi might win going into it, and he's still shell shocked that they did.
Yeah I was a bit confused by that too. But Gladwell’s psychology has always seemed a bit weird to me. Some real blind spots for such a smart, talented person.
In Gladwell’s defense, Douglas Murray is extremely hate-able. (Why isn’t hateable a word? It should be. For another time…) I DARE you to disagree.
Oh I totally agree. So smug.
Off-brand Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens without the humor or the humanity.
But his voice is on-brand classic Disney villain! Absurdly sublime.
And frankly, he was always about 3/4 heel turn from the jump, so while it was fun to watch him and Taibbi just dance around Gladwell’s absurd description of Walter Cronkite as an avatar of ‘50s journalism, I treat Murray as one step away from VDARE.
That's totally true about his voice!
“Are there [other “assholes”] out there working the scene right now?”
Who exactly does Jesse Singal have to bake misshapen pizzas for around here to get the recognition he deserves?
Ha! Yeah I think he qualifies, though maybe is more tormented about playing that role than Taibbi or Greenwald?
True. I guess what’s important in my interpretation of the role is that the speaker back up their assertions with facts, and “when the facts change [they] change their minds”
That’s Singal to a tee, more than anyone else I can think of.
If it’s just DGAF, you could lump in NHJ and Michael Hobbes (I think?) with Taibbi and Greenwald (potentially the Reality Show that melts the media’s brain)
Ok, that Revisionist History episode that was mentioned was kind of wild. It's been 4 months since then, and he clearly still feels some sort of way about it. It's like he never even considered that Murray/Taibbi might win going into it, and he's still shell shocked that they did.
Yeah I was a bit confused by that too. But Gladwell’s psychology has always seemed a bit weird to me. Some real blind spots for such a smart, talented person.