The New Woke Right Wants Its Own Safe Space

In the 2010s, a certain kind of social justice activist took a hard turn against the mainstream media. The rancor was of a different flavor than the Chomskyian critiques of corporate media and the consent it allegedly manufactured. It wasn’t so much that conventional journalists were too moderate for them and not sympathetic enough to their causes, though that explained some of their anger. It was more that the concept of journalism itself — independent reporters appearing at public events to gather facts, speak to individuals, and take photographs — was somehow a threat to these activists’ wellbeing.