need to see this entire NPR interview with Andrew Callaghan because it sounds like it was a disaster pic.twitter.com/lIOTQBsCwd— toni (@tonestirade) January 5, 2023
The interviewer made a stupid argument but imo if we want to censor Alex Jones (which we obviously should), then that includes "gonzo journalism" interviews where they lift weights and eat BBQ.
Some interviews that Andrew did with right-wing weirdos were okay, maybe a less serious version of Louis Theroux. Just ask simple open ended questions and let them expose themselves.
But the style does not work at all with someone who already has an established public image and good rhetoric. At this point you're just offering him a free platform.
Saying he's "platforming" Alex Jones is incredibly silly when Jones is more famous than him. It also implies that he or anyone else somehow gets to decide if he has a "platform" or not. That's not how it works, which means your only choice is in whether or how you engage with Jones and his views. That's not just true of Alex Jones, it's true of many of the problematic figures where this debate over "platforming" them has come up. It's dumb.
NPR trying to shame him for interviewing :alex-oopsie: is some liberalism, but I don't care much about abuser Andrew anyway.
The interviewer made a stupid argument but imo if we want to censor Alex Jones (which we obviously should), then that includes "gonzo journalism" interviews where they lift weights and eat BBQ.
Some interviews that Andrew did with right-wing weirdos were okay, maybe a less serious version of Louis Theroux. Just ask simple open ended questions and let them expose themselves.
But the style does not work at all with someone who already has an established public image and good rhetoric. At this point you're just offering him a free platform.
In a hypothetical world where the dictatorship of the proletariat has control of the media, maybe, but we don't live in that world.
I don't think I understand. Is it not fair to criticize an independent journalist for platforming an insane fascist?
Saying he's "platforming" Alex Jones is incredibly silly when Jones is more famous than him. It also implies that he or anyone else somehow gets to decide if he has a "platform" or not. That's not how it works, which means your only choice is in whether or how you engage with Jones and his views. That's not just true of Alex Jones, it's true of many of the problematic figures where this debate over "platforming" them has come up. It's dumb.
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