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Comment by zabzonk | Hacker News Reader

so the capitalist press are trying to foment a socialist revolution???

They are not capitalist.

They are sociologists / journalists / non-technical economists earning 50k (barely percentile 60), and telling us daily how action X is immoral (exactly what bishops and priests used to do).

oh come on! all are well known as being right-wing. and all of them are support organs for capitalism. i'm not saying there anything wrong with that - i enjoy reading both the ft and economist. and i like living in a basically capitalist society - the UK

are well known as being right-wing. and all of them are support organs for capitalism

If anyone who believes in capitalism is "right-wing", sure. But by US standards, these are center left publications (like unofficially Democratic party affiliated left, not Bernie/Socialist/Occupy left).

If you want to call them right-wing, show me an article critical of global warming, endorsing a republican besides Liz Cheney, or acknowledging Trump did at least one good thing (without caveats or apologies).

there is a difference between being right-wing and being a complete swivel-eyed loony. those publications are the former. also republicans and democrats are both right-wing (both part of the "money-party", as Gore Vidal called them). sadly.

Journalists don't decide the editorial stance of the publications they write for. In the short term, it's up to an editorial board or editor-in-chief. In the long term, it's up to the owners.

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