On 27 Jan 2021, at 12:45, Brian Holmes wrote:
I think sitting back and being cynical when a country is in danger of
being
taken over by fascists is a mistake. This is going to happen to many
countries. At some point, when the leisure collapses, you actually
have to
take a side - compromising as that may be.
Thank you, yes. I really don't want nettime to become a vector for lazy
conspiratorialism that bears out the horseshoe theory of politics
The reporter who broke the story about Tarrio is one of my best friends,
and you can be sure he'd have NO patience for vague theories that the
putsch was "really" a provocation or led by provocateurs or whatever.
That's not to suggest that anyone has to blindly submit to the political
beliefs of journalists, let alone at second hand. But if we're going to
accept their work as true (and I don't see anyone here doubting the
story), we should also consider that what they publish is just a subset
of what they know — so we'd do well to take their wider views
seriously. Especially since the alternative is a consumerist model of
the news where we pick out details we like from stories we like, without
few or no constraints, and jumble them together however we like with old
resentments, narratives, and legends. Sound familiar?
Here's a useful exercise: when you read a story like the one about
Tarrio, ask yourself: Would this reporter believe the putsch was steered
or led by the FBI or some secretive police-type force? Probably not,
right? Since being careful with the facts is the hallmark of good
journalism. But if you'd answer the question YES, doesn't that seems a
bit nostalgic, given that president was openly inciting insurrection for
months?
Cheers,
Ted
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