In a post this afternoon Matthew Yglesias gets to the heart of the scam being run by modern conservative media in print, online, the radio and on the teevee:
At some point conservatives need to ask themselves about the larger meaning of this kind of conduct—and Andrew Breitbart’s—for their movement. Beyond the ethics of lying and smear one’s opponents, I would think conservatives would worry about the fact that a large portion of conservative media is dedicated to lying to conservatives. They regard their audience as marks to be misled and exploited, not as customers to be served with useful information.
I’ve got nothing to add, so let’s go Open Thread.
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