i completed this video in early 2019, but never posted it on monday songs, as far as i can recall. this was one of the more intensive edits that i’ve done for a video, but the results made the work well worth it.
i have yet to see any evidence that makes me think this take is anything other than a perfect metaphor for what has happened in our political system. with the single exception of rachel maddow and a handful of fellow msnbc hosts, corporate news lives and dies on politics as a sporting event, allowing them to abandon their role as gadflies who shame the powerful with the truth. when profit is the highest priority, news becomes cheerleading, or worse, marketing. this needs to change…