US Justice Dept investigating California's environmental agency
US Justice Dept investigating California's environmental agency
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US Justice Dept investigating California's environmental agency
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They really should stop calling these actions of the "US Justice Department" and start calling them the "Trump Justice Department". This isn't a move for justice but wielding the state to attack enemies. While framing it in the standard way may seem like neutral objective journalism it's very much not actually explaining the situation.
The US media doesn't know how to reconcile legitimate institutions being used for objectively illegitimate ends.
Rightly, the media should report solely on the facts, but there is no mandate that reporters cannot use basic powers of reasoning and cannot draw inherent conclusions from undeniable premises. They can and should note the foundational point that these actions are incompatible with the DOJ mandate to seek public redress for criminal action based on factual investigation and evidence, and therefore are not legitimate. These moves are political choices first and legal justification backfill second.
Instead, when we have a nihilistic force wielding the DOJ for corrupt ends, reporters feels they can only describe what is happening, like a passive camera lens, unless relegated to "opinion" articles. And that is where this is all falling apart.
Most MSM is also owned by billionaires who will not allow them to speak ill of the gold hoarding dragons who burn down the towns