Nihilism in a Nutshell

Below is the Times’ Maggie Haberman. She tweeted this yesterday. She’s defending an earlier tweet (see the screenshot) in which she agreed with her Times colleague Adam Goldman that yesterday’s Mueller hearing didn’t reveal anything new and therefore had very little worth paying attention to.

Fact: Mueller said Trump could be charged with crimes after leaving office. That’s news.

So is the fact that a former FBI director is saying it—in public! Yesterday’s hearing was astounding.

Yet Haberman et al are snoring.

Folks, this is nihilism (anti-morality) in a nut shell.

Yes, the press should tell us what to care about, because the press' job is to tell us what's important.

This tweet alone should be a firing offense. It's like a mechanic saying fixing cars isn't his job.

Ugh!

—JS