NY Times columnist admits conservatives taking control of culture after years of liberal domination
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New York Times columnist Thomas Edsall admits conservatives are winning the culture war for the first time in decades, but warns of the dangers he thinks it presents.
Edsall credited Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter, now called X, in 2022 as one of the major catalysts for conservatives gaining control of culture in recent years. X created a space where conservatives felt free to share their ideas without fearing that they may be banned or censored. Mark Zuckerberg's Meta recently followed suit and has begun rolling back content moderation on their sites, ending fact-checking and loosening restrictions on certain types of speech on Instagram and Facebook.
Podcasts were also cited by Edsall as one of the mediums that has helped sway culture to the right, with top podcasters such as Joe Rogan endorsing President Donald Trump in the 2024 election.