It IS a good question and Smith refused to answer it directly. Why is that? You have noted how Trump "nullifies reality." We are in a dark place if Ben Smith of Semafor evades in an answer about democracy being under threat.
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I don't know how any leader of a news media outlet can say that we are in an era of "radical transparent" information ecosystem. The question of whether or not our democracy is under attack is a yes or no answer. The answer is "yes." www.stopthepresses.news/p/q-and-a-wi...
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In his answer, Ben Smith suggests that the idea of "American democracy is under attack" is too abstract to consider. It's a direct and valuable "yes or no" question asked by @oliverdarcy.bsky.social – and Smith instead claims the idea of democracy under attack is too abstract to consider.
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