This is actual the perpetuation of a style of thinking that I think has contributed more to the attrition of human critical thinking skills than just about anything else.
These are two noxious entities in conflict. One can dislike both, but this “my enemy’s enemy is my friend” thought process is daft.
Now I like it when some of these stopped clocks throw some punches in their random flailing that through sheer randomness takes out some part of our very diseased society that does more harn than good.
I did not shed any tears for that tabloid Gawker, even though it was that silly ass Thiel acting through Hulk Hogan who took it out. Save for an excellent article by Hamilton Nolan whom I respect, Gawker, Jezebel etc are net a cancer on society. Very different from Elon Musk for instance suing lefty non-profits into shuttering.
It is a worry since respectable small lefty groups cannot afford frivolous lawsuits.
Nolan’s “Journalism is not narcissism” was bang on - it is hard to see the appeal of sharing. A foul and painful activity that has to be tortured out of most people who retain normal levels of human reticence.
I have never liked “left” embrace of fluff, celebrities etc, though that is typically for unclear reasons seen as conservative. Which is why reality tv/WWE seems to be the prevalent worldview.
I have yet to see RFK do anything useful. But respectable public health experts have long agreed that these megalomaniac industries have corrupted food production with lobbying groups wielding way too much power.
So the Politico’s fraudulent little guy framing (“a seat at the table” 
) is sleazy bullshit though very on brand for them.
You are quite correct erronis. We (citizens and consumers) do not have a seat at the table (beyond this issue) and that is the problem. It is true the world over as this noxious form of deregulation has invaded every part of the planet effectively cutting us out of the loop on multiple fronts.
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