re: #174 gwangung

One think I WILL criticize is that the role mass media plays in keeping people like Park in the spotlight. They immediately focus on the loud and binary thinkers, and latch onto their foibles and heterodoxy to emphasize conflict (which equals ratings).

Plenty of other Asian American activists who will criticize Colbert and do it gracefully and with nuance, but you will NEVER hear the mainstream media mention them, let alone interview them. (And nuance is something mainstream media is allergic to, like peanuts….)

Loud, obnoxious, and fact-free sells in today’s media and Park is riding it for all that’s worth.