specifically : a historical process by which the semantic and connotative status of a word tends to decline

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    11 months ago

    Well WSJ is center or center left depending on the day and who you ask. That’s the point though, to lend credibility and provide cover for their solidly right editorial/opinion pieces.

    OPs meme is the perfect example of how this is supposed to work, confusing the source and shifting the window with people that aren’t aware. “This is a liberal media news source, so this must be an accepted opinion in liberal media circles”

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      11 months ago

      WSJ was center-right before it got bought up by the Murdochs, and while its news coverage hasn’t drifted too far post-acquisistion, its editorial page has slumped noticeably in the direction of Fox News.

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      The WSJ editorial staff called a bike share program “totalitarian communism”. The program was run by CitiBank.

      They are unhinged conservatives. They just don’t always let their privates hang out the way Alex Jones does.