Yes, it's all the Iraqis fault. And I'm sure you sincerely believe that despite it being utterly insane.
> Are you suggesting the media, hollywood, and universities aren't left-leaning?
Ironically, you've aptly demonstrated the entire point. If you asked this question to most people outside of America (you know, the other 7.3 billion people on the planet) I think many would probably agree that no, American media, Hollywood and universities are not left-leaning at all, not even in the slightest. But in America perception has been so completely warped that it's become a "common-sense truth" that the media is left-leaning. This whole banal game, as Chomsky describes it quite clearly[1], is to use propaganda to create a wholly isolated and controllable alternative reality.
BTW I also have to point out, though I don't give a shit about HN points, the genuinely humorous irony of downvoting these comments. I mean come on.
Why is it insane?
> If you asked this question to most people outside of America
If you asked them if American media, Hollywood and universities were American-left then I think the vast majority would agree.
And that's what actually matters. Not what they consider to be left-wing by their own cultural standards.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/05...
No they didn't. They were incredibly naive and thought that the Iraqis would jump for joy and become just like America when Saddam was taken out. Instead they decided to kill each other.
> In the author's mind all of the fundamental, "Orthodox" institutions are controlled by liberals who control the "airwaves and pulpits and universities."
Are you suggesting the media, hollywood, and universities aren't left-leaning?