Always read WaPo's motto as their GOAL, not some kind of benevolent sentiment about how important the media is. They WANT Democracy to die, and they want it to die in darkness because THEY are in darkness.
I loathe that stupid sentence because of the smug assholes who are just so damn sure of themselves wave it around like a banner of sorts but I never thought about it from this perspective. Talk about hiding in plain sight...
Always read WaPo's motto as their GOAL, not some kind of benevolent sentiment about how important the media is. They WANT Democracy to die, and they want it to die in darkness because THEY are in darkness.
They are the darkness they created to kill democracy.
I loathe that stupid sentence because of the smug assholes who are just so damn sure of themselves wave it around like a banner of sorts but I never thought about it from this perspective. Talk about hiding in plain sight...