The Associated Press -- like essentially every other major journalism outlet -- has totally normalized extremism.
Calling the new house speaker a "staunch conservative" -- a pathetically weak euphemism for far-right extremist -- is only the latest example of Big Journalism's collapse into willful helplessness.
It's journalistic cowardice in the face of a movement that aims to bring down democracy, and by extension journalism.
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@dangillmor Jesus, if you think Johnson is a far right extremist, then it sounds like you haven't had much contact with far right extremists.
They're rejecting the guy for being too moderate.
