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Michael Hobbes
Personal blog · michaelhobbes.substack.compoliticsculture
Michael Hobbes writes Confirm My Choices, a personal blog at michaelhobbes.substack.com about politics and culture. Since 2021, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “The Methods of Moral Panic Journalism”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Michael Hobbes's Substack for its critique of "moral panic journalism", arguing that recent Economist and Atlantic features on left-wing illiberalism and new puritanism rely on motivated reasoning and weak evidence.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Media, moral panics and the gaslighting of America.
Most-linked posts?
- The Methods of Moral Panic Journalism3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-10-21
- Breaking down a “cancel culture” scare story2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-04-15
What Hacker News says?
> Some institutions have actually institutionalised censorship. For example, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), a major publisher, has issued guidelines for editors to „consider whether or not any content … might have the potential to cause offence“. Is Krylov seriously asking us to consider this censorship? This is called politeness . The citation for the list of innocuous terms to "censor" is another, very simi…
Comment linking /p/moral-panic-journalism
on “Scientists must resist cancel culture”Submitted The Methods of Moral Panic Journalism as a story · 34 points
HN discussionSeems a bit silly that the author dedicates an inch of column space to the perils he sees would "destroy the foundation of the republic," then dedicates the remaining article equating this existential danger to relatively low-stakes[1] cancel culture panic. [1] https://michaelhobbes.substack.com/p/moral-panic-journalism?...
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on “I reject both parties’ ideas of Americanism. And I’m not the only one”Submitted Breaking down a “cancel culture” scare story as a story · 3 points
HN discussionhttps://michaelhobbes.substack.com/p/moral-panic-journalism "Last month, The Economist and The Atlantic published long features purporting to explore the phenomena of “Left-Wing Illiberalism” and “New Puritanism,” respectively. While both stories display the superficial features of investigative journalism, a deep dive reveals the same motivated reasoning, nonexistent evidence and indefensible editorial standards th…
Comment linking /p/moral-panic-journalism
on “Who's Laughing Now? “Naked Gun” Director David Zucker on Wokeism”Submitted Panic on the Editorial Page as a story · 2 points
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