No major media organization has fallen from grace as far as The Washington Post has during the Trump years and the once-venerable newspaper is now in many ways indistinguishable from satirical outlets like The Babylon Bee and The Onion.
The latest example of the WaPo’s sad decline since it adopted its slogan of “democracy dies in darkness” is a column on gaslighting in families and how to recognize it, a piece of writing that was presented without even a smidgen of irony over the outlet’s own role in shaping left-wing narratives, especially concerning former President Donald J. Trump whom it continues to churn out stories about that are almost always based on leaks and tips from anonymous sources that may or may not be real.
“Gaslighting is psychological manipulation repeated over time, where one person, the gaslighter — who is more powerful — insists that the way they see things is the reality. The victim, the gaslightee, must accommodate, thereby leading them to second-guess their reality, character and sometimes sanity,” the author writes.
Advice: In families, gaslighting, a form of emotional abuse, is confusing and hard to accept. Why would people who love you want to drive you crazy or undermine your reality? https://t.co/VPNX9rJTaN
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 23, 2023
“When gaslighting is a core dynamic in a relationship, there can be no psychological safety,” the column states. “In families, gaslighting is confusing and hard to accept. Why would people who love you want to drive you crazy or undermine your reality?”
The author then goes on to provide examples of what gaslighting looks like and feels like and how to stop being a victim, advice delivered with zero self-awareness of where it was published that invited a deluge of mockery from Twitter users.
It’s almost as bad as when a newspaper does it. https://t.co/ueJi1POUAD
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) July 23, 2023
Oh look everyone, it’s gaslighting inception from another mainstream media outlet who was complicit with gaslighting the entire population in the last 3 years.
— ChaoticGood42 (@ChaoticGood42) July 23, 2023
Says the Kings of gaslighting and abuse
— John Doe (@JohnDoe58321552) July 23, 2023
Didn’t you the @wapo gaslight Americans on the origins of and the Russia gate hoax itself for years?
But you want to tell us about gaslighting?
I swear if this was a relationship you would be the abusive sociopath constantly gaslighting everyone into believing you’re a victim.— Esahc Selarom (@ayexern) July 23, 2023
Irony dies in darkness
— Jim Best (@JimBestOmaha) July 23, 2023
WaPo knows a lot about gaslighting. Its a part of their business model and their editorial process.
— Mark K. Fabe (@Mark_K_Fabe) July 23, 2023
From the people who insist there are 50 genders.
Hilarious.
— Greenbrier (@greenbrier_n) July 23, 2023
Yes, gaslighting – or blatantly lying to someone’s face – is a form of emotional abuse: so perhaps stop doing it, WaPo hacks (and other outlets who are far too comfortable bending truths). https://t.co/y6mQDTQ3zP
— Shane B. Murphy (@shanermurph) July 23, 2023
This is gold coming from WAPO. pic.twitter.com/N1TVaKXCRM
— Jay Martin (@jvmartin71) July 23, 2023
Projection from WP. LOL
— DangerZone (@HighwayToTheDZ) July 23, 2023
One key clue that a person is trying to gaslight you: You receive a gift subscription to the Washington Post. https://t.co/aluALLYePH
— justanotherretiredcop❌ (@retiredcop2014) July 23, 2023
The post and NY Times are the leaders in gaslighting.
— We are Magadonians for Magadonia RonV42 ✝️ (@V42Ron) July 23, 2023
Writing about something you are actually an expert in. Gaslighting.
You can’t make this up.
— Rhetoric Facer (@John_Monahan) July 23, 2023
This is like taking advice from Jeffrey Dahmer on cannibalism.
— Saturn’s Rings (@Saturnrisin) July 23, 2023
Once one of the nation’s premier newspapers, the sad decline from the days when crusading reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein brought down President Richard M. Nixon over the Watergate scandal and subsequent decades of solid journalism are now a relic of the past as the outlet has become a parody of itself, along with much of the legacy media.
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