But the real point is not politics seeping into almost everything; it is government seeping into almost everything, inevitably ruining it, and people reacting to that.
It's hard to take rabid partisans seriously because they think everything is corruption. Yes, Governor Cuomo gave good, honest press conferences about how the pandemic was going to play out. Yes, he covered up bad information. I don't understand why, and it doesn't matter. However, these same people say the election was stolen, Mitt Romney is part of the deep state, every Democrat wants to kill babies, etc. They got one thing right. That doesn't mean credible news outlets are less credible. Not one news outlet - left, right, or center had an inkling Cuomo was lying - but it's the mainstream news' fault.
That politics can ruin just about everything is not news. This, from the same source, ran a decade ago but still resonates today:
https://reason.com/2011/02/17/the-politicization-of-everythi/
But the real point is not politics seeping into almost everything; it is government seeping into almost everything, inevitably ruining it, and people reacting to that.
It's hard to take rabid partisans seriously because they think everything is corruption. Yes, Governor Cuomo gave good, honest press conferences about how the pandemic was going to play out. Yes, he covered up bad information. I don't understand why, and it doesn't matter. However, these same people say the election was stolen, Mitt Romney is part of the deep state, every Democrat wants to kill babies, etc. They got one thing right. That doesn't mean credible news outlets are less credible. Not one news outlet - left, right, or center had an inkling Cuomo was lying - but it's the mainstream news' fault.