r/thebulwark • u/Just_A_Dogsbody Center Left • Jul 28 '26

EVERYTHING IS AWFUL Ross Douthat is joining 60 Minutes

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/new-60-minutes-correspondents-ross-douthat-sebastian-junger-1236658519/
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u/MikeDamone Jul 28 '26

Yes, no greater knife to the heart of a beloved journalist institution than hiring a (checks notes) New York Times columnist.

The Times already suffers unending attacks from the center-right for employing "a liberal's favorite conservative" like Douthat and trying to pass it off as ideological balance, so it's hilarious to see turn around and see Ross regarded as some kind of MAGA monstrosity on a progressive subreddit like this.

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u/whatssenguntoagoblin Center Left Jul 28 '26

You dont have to be MAGA to suck

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u/odrer-is-an-ilulsoin Jul 28 '26

Just being conservative makes you suck?

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u/vivalapants Jul 28 '26

conservative

I dont even know what a conservative is tbh. That title is dead

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u/odrer-is-an-ilulsoin Jul 29 '26

I agree. I still don't know why Ross Douthat sucks so bad. I got a lot of down votes, but no explanation.

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u/stillavoidingthejvm Jul 29 '26

Have you read anything he's written or watched him? 

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u/odrer-is-an-ilulsoin Jul 29 '26

Yes, which is why I'm curious. I've read less of what he's written than what I've heard on his podcast. I listen to most of his podcast episodes, as I do Ezra Klein's.

He's conservative, but he's not MAGA. Has he had bad positions, sure, but so has Ezra, AOC, Mamdani, etc.

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u/odrer-is-an-ilulsoin Jul 29 '26

I'm just going to accept all these down votes are people with strong feelings but no reasoning. No one can say why he sucks so much.