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Vin LoPresti's avatar

Special type of evil? The cruel joke is that careerism is the most mundane type of evil, and I have seen it fester as a corrosive force in the several quite diverse areas of society in which I have toiled during my life. It takes a standard form: the get-along, go-along shite-heads who, outwardly declare themselves to be independent thinkers, actually plot beneath the surface to wangle their way into the good graces of those in power because advancement is the priority. It's a nasty skilled-liars game that sickens me as much today as it did when I was 20. Folks who rise at corrupt orgs like CNN and WAPO are quintessential exemplars.

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Byron Christopher's avatar

Good 'ol CNN, whose ratings are beneath that of the Cartoon Channel. A current joke [not to be heard on the late-night TV shows] is that there are now more variants of COVID than CNN has viewers. CNN continues to be giggled out of existence. That's [real] good news.

And how does CNN [and other news organizations] get away with this shit? It's because sleaze is not illegal.

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