Discussion: The Weekly Standard, Conservative Mag Critical Of Trump, Is Shutting Down

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Good

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I guess the flagship of the “Never Trump” movement turned out to be the Titanic.

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[Podhoretz:] People at the Weekly Standard have been told to clear out their offices by 5 pm today, in case you were wondering what Clarity Media is like.

No, I wasn’t.

And shouldn’t he be clearing out his office instead of tweeting?

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Too bad it wasn’t The National Review.

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Not a grave I’ll dance upon.

Yeah, they bought a pet dragon and the dragon ended up eating them, and we all saw it coming, but on the balance this reflects further solidification of Republican-aligned voices behind Donald Trump. I don’t think there’s any way to see that as a positive development.

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“The Weekly Standard, a conservative magazine that has criticized for decades cheered and enabled the Republican hypocrisy, lies, and racism that inevitably vomited up President Trump, will shutter.”

Fixed.

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I agree. Kristol dispised Trump, but the mag’s readers still all hated Obama. He was way too vocal way too soon…brave maybe, but I don’t feel sorry for him…he loooooved Sarah Palin before he didn’t, remember?

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My joy at seeing a conservative rag fold, even one critical of Trump, is greatly tempered by the fact that I feel bad for anyone looking for work, especially at this time of year.

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Good riddance:

The Weekly Standard was an American conservative opinion magazine published 48 times per year. Its founding publisher, News Corporation, debuted the title on September 18, 1995. Originally edited by founders William Kristol and Fred Barnes, the Standard had been described as a “redoubt of neoconservatism” and as “the neo-con bible.”

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The republican big tent.

When bad things happen to bad people…

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Who could possibly have known that it would be so tricky to get off of the tiger without getting eaten?

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It’s almost as if…rightwing media is nothing but a propaganda tool for the Republican Party and the rightwing billionaires who fund it and not an independent source of legitimate information. Who knew?!

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Sow the wind…

One more sign of the complete bankruptcy of “conservatism.” (Or is it “conservativism?” Do I care?)

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Someone should point out to Clarity Media just how much fun the National Enquirer and it’s owner are going through right now…

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The writers aren’t going anywhere. They’ll find new sinecures. Their faces and thoughts will bedazzle from a million screens. You will not be allowed to not be sick of them.

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Being slapped by reality - that ‘conservative media’ has degenerated into little more than a trump propaganda machine - might help a few of these people re-examine their positions.

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But this his how political parties die. They fracture and wither.

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Then Clarity Media added, “Oh, we forgot to say, Merry Christmas.”

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It’s a sad day for journalism, even though it’s concededly outside my evolving bubble. But Mr. Podhoretz should know that he and his colleagues would have had more notice and maybe even more say if they had union cards in their pockets. Seriously.

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