Batya Ungar-Sargon: How Woke Media Abandoned the Working Class and Monetized Outrage

<p>“The <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/t-woke" style="color:rgb(33,140,255);">woke</a> language, although it sounds like <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/t-social-justice" style="color:rgb(33,140,255);">social justice</a>, it’s essentially an abandonment of the most vulnerable people of color, the most vulnerable Americans, the downwardly mobile, in the name of a social justice war that literally puts money in the pockets of liberal elites.”</p><p></p><p>At the National Conservatism Conference in Orlando, Florida, I sat down with Batya Ungar-Sargon, deputy opinion editor at Newsweek, to discuss her new book “Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy.”</p><p></p><p>“We don’t have to hate our fellow American so that some journalist or some media company can make money off of it.”</p><p></p><p>Subscribe to the American Thought Leaders <a href="https://ept.ms/ATLnewsletter" style="color:rgb(33,140,255);">newsletter</a> so you never miss an episode.</p><p></p><p>Follow <a href="http://epochtv.com/" style="color:rgb(33,140,255);">EpochTV</a> on social media:</p><p></p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EpochTVus" style="color:rgb(33,140,255);">https://www.facebook.com/EpochTVus</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EpochTVus" style="color:rgb(33,140,255);">https://twitter.com/EpochTVus</a></p><p>Rumble: <a href="https://rumble.com/c/EpochTV" style="color:rgb(33,140,255);">https://rumble.com/c/EpochTV</a></p><p></p><p>Gettr: <a href="https://gettr.com/user/epochtv" style="color:rgb(33,140,255);">https://gettr.com/user/epochtv</a></p><p>Gab: <a href="https://gab.com/EpochTV" style="color:rgb(33,140,255);">https://gab.com/EpochTV</a></p><p>Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/EpochTV" style="color:rgb(33,140,255);">https://t.me/EpochTV</a></p><p>Parler: <a href="https://parler.com/#/user/EpochTV" style="color:rgb(33,140,255);">https://parler.com/#/user/EpochTV</a></p>