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Seems like the unending stream of "orange man bad" in place of actual reporting is starting to get really, really old. And to be fair to their owner, if that's going to be the editorial policy going forward, you could do it with a lot fewer people.

If you go to their front page right now, approximately half of it is "orange man bad" in various forms, with an article shitting on Musk for his "red pill" tweet thrown in for good measure.

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your claim is that the atlantic is failing _specifically_ because they post too much anti-trump content?

it would be pretty easy to disprove this to yourself by observing that magazine/newspaper sales have been in decline since before trump was a presidential candidate.

No. My claim is they are failing because everyone with a single neuron in their head already knows their position on this issue, and they do not seem to be capable of offering a perspective on anything else anymore. Their "reporting", if you could call it that, is 100% predictable, and is, therefore, not worth wasting one's time on.

The whole "Orange Man Bad" thing is the most vapid, discussion-stifling meme I've ever seen, and it's really disappointing that the right has adopted it wholesale. It's practically a guaranteed response to any criticism of Trump whatsoever, no matter how measured or ultimately warranted. Calling people "NPCs" for disagreeing with you is really revealing, and I don't think it leaves the impression that you believe it does.

You can't actually think he's beyond reproach, can you?

Atlantic is left wing, as are Vox, Buzzfeed, and numerous other troubled properties cited in the article. I remember actually enjoying the Atlantic a few years ago, but their unfortunate editorial decision to focus on partisanship has crowded out other, more substantial topics for which they were once known.

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