The Political Economy Of Normalization
Mainstream institutions keep rehabilitating enemies of democracy because enemies of democracy are now normal; they'll only stop when we abnormalize them again.
By the time you read this, Ronna Romney McDaniel’s shambolic tenure as a paid NBC News contributor may already be over.
What will remain is a foundational question for NBC News and other, similar organizations that have dual-if-unwritten mandates to reflect the American political spectrum and simultaneously s…