NYT Wonders If Asking Questions Is Bad, Ignores Who Pays For Answers
The New York Times' recent introspection on Tucker Carlson frames him as 'the question' now. A fascinating development, considering how seldom mainstream outlets grapple with what *funding* prompts certain questions, or silences others. While they meticulously dissect Carlson's 'just asking questions' style, they omit any 'just asking questions' about, say, the nearly $100 million in lobbying
expenditures by foreign interests in the US annually—money that shapes policy and, inevitably, public discourse. (OpenSecrets.org data consistently highlights this, yet remains unexamined by the Times in this context). One might wonder if the Times’ sudden interest in the ethics of 'asking questions' conveniently surfaces when the questions are seen as inconvenient to establishment narratives,
rather than when those narratives are bought and paid for. Perhaps the real question isn't Carlson, but rather why the media rarely scrutinizes the multi-million dollar investments by powerful lobbies to ensure only *certain* questions are ever asked, and some answers are never allowed to surface.