The Most Narcissistic Profession In America According to Batya Ungar-Sargon 🤔

Which is the most narcissistic profession in America?
Author Batya Ungar-Sargon argues that it is journalists. Her research finds that journalists tend to skew upper-class and therefore out-of-touch with the problems of working class Americans.
The New York Times employs more news writers from Middlebury College -- a small, liberal arts college in Vermont -- than from high-ranking public colleges like the University of Georgia, University of Florida, and University of Illinois combined.
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[@fbfields984]

Nice interview.

[@WeThe66]

thank you for listening!

[@wineberry6]

That's thought provoking

[@GODSSON810810]

More people need to see this. The more I listen to her the more I like her. Also, you can tell that she has a really good sense of humour…As an addition.

[@tomchurch2285]

A counter-problem to media’s so-called “elites”is how dumbed down has America become? (I.e., how often does someone mention having even read a book anymore? Or, maybe more so, having read one beyond that which affirms what they already believe?)

[@WeThe66]

Interesting point

[@wordup897]

And the fact that the 'experts', even in the sciences, are often quite dumb and highly politicized. It's leading to a dystopian technocracy.

[@Arbognire]

But that’s why democracy’s strength has never been (nor will ever be) via education, for which other political regimes stand superior. Rather, democracy’s comparative strength is found in the common sense of everyday, average citizens.