The main focus of his critique concerns the so-called “Intellectual Dark Web,” the IDW, which is truly one of the dumbest names for the cheap yet successful motivational speakers who now pervade the gross right-wing.
Therefore, I was very intrigued when I heard about Michael Brooks’ book project titled Against the Web: A Cosmopolitan Answer to the New Right published by Zero Books. The book is slim at only a hundred pages, which fits well as an e-book for those more low-attention spanned readers struggling to keep up with the information overload of the times. Even the old medias of cable news and talk radio can’t compete with the unfortunately powerful trolls of today.īut at least some people are fighting back, and are damn good at it. They fully take on the trending online garbage of the extreme alt-right, refusing to cede the internet world over to those charlatans.įor whatever reasons of history, social media’s biases tend to reward the worst of the worst when it comes to extreme political rhetoric. And that is what I truly love about Sam Seder and Michael Brooks, that they aren’t above the fray at all-unlike that example I’ll use again, Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman. The battle over messaging has really become about being able to fight back against misinformation as much as anything else.
Because in this current climate, it’s not just about getting the most facts. The news market nowadays is indeed very oversaturated, particularly when it comes to opinions on YouTube, yet there is a reason I find myself drifting towards the Majority Report more than sources like the more independent and objective Democracy Now. Watching their video clips online has become a daily habit of mine for keeping up with the political world, especially during these tense last few years.Ĭo-host Michael Brooks (who also hosts his own solo The Michael Brooks Show) always has a very poignant take which I enjoy listening to, with the ability to summarize complex issues in a way both intelligent and entertaining.
Full disclosure: I am a big fan of The Majority Report podcast.
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