This journalist “travels the world” to understand the pro-Russia viewpoint, finds a hard rejection of the egocentric “West is good guys and everyone else should be assimilated into Western culture and values” and instead of trying to understand it like a actual journalist should, they manage to filter everything they see - everything - through the “how do I reframe this to make me still the good guys” filter. And in so doing, literally every person on the planet who doesn’t suck Western dick is cast as gullible, brainwashed, stupid or immoral.
Reminds me of a Western-coded journo character I’m writing for a story.
His whole shtick is going to a war zone to interview the communist insurgents and pretending to be open-minded and willing to engage with them on an intellectual level - then goes home and lies about them in his newspaper because he’s a racist chauvinist piece of shit that cares more about selling papers and pushing ideology than telling the truth.
This journalist “travels the world” to understand the pro-Russia viewpoint, finds a hard rejection of the egocentric “West is good guys and everyone else should be assimilated into Western culture and values” and instead of trying to understand it like a actual journalist should, they manage to filter everything they see - everything - through the “how do I reframe this to make me still the good guys” filter. And in so doing, literally every person on the planet who doesn’t suck Western dick is cast as gullible, brainwashed, stupid or immoral.
Watching the NYT’s influence wither is beautiful.
truly
Reminds me of a Western-coded journo character I’m writing for a story.
His whole shtick is going to a war zone to interview the communist insurgents and pretending to be open-minded and willing to engage with them on an intellectual level - then goes home and lies about them in his newspaper because he’s a racist chauvinist piece of shit that cares more about selling papers and pushing ideology than telling the truth.
Where to read?
It’s not published yet, but glad you found it interesting enough to inquire! 🥰