In the wake of the antisemitic Bondi killings, it has rarely been as wrenching to watch the disconnect between our media and its resident pundit class on the one hand, and the community reaction to tragedy on the other. In the former, it’s all anger, blame, guilt. In the latter, compassion, care and solidarity.
It’s all part of the increasing desperation of old media to keep pace with social media algorithms, which only continues to feed culture-warring that does so much to power hate crimes and contribute to our current crisis of truth.