So I was just listening to the Stay Tuned with Preet interview with Katy Tur and two things bugged me. First she said she doesn’t vote and in fact had no preference in 2016. This was rationalized as a way to maintain journalistic professionalism and integrity. I see it instead as a pseudo intellectual ego driven conceit and part of the toxic View From Nowhere mentality. Part of being honest with your audience is being honest with yourself and if you honestly had no preference in that election then you are part of the fucking problem.

The second thing that got to me was the story she told about the time at after a Trump rally when an old man knocked on her car window and when she rolled it down he started yelling at her and SPIT IN HER FACE! She just laughed it off. She was physically asaulted, with a Secret Service agent as a witness, and instead of pressing charges turned into a hilarious anecdote.

Those two admissions just struck me as indicative of exactly how hollowed out and complicit TV journalists feel they have to be to succeed.