The front page of the New York Times. 5 days before the election.
this post was submitted on 30 Aug 2026
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Likely. I get why people find the modern American use of "liberal" as a synonym for the progressive left annoying, but word usages change and that one has unfortunately stuck, which makes references to the "liberal media" confusing.
Modern American civics education is, on average, basically non-existent. All changes in word usage trends toward less nuance, greater redundancy, and greater ambiguity.
And that's fine, I guess, because Descriptivism or whatever. But in the event that moderately educated people use the terms "Liberal" or "Leftist", it's probably okay to assume the formal meanings.
You seem to not be that confused, since you correctly pointed out that these companies are owned by conservatives.
I'm well-educated and understand the historic use of "liberal" versus today's common usage in the United States. My only real concern is that people who are only familiar with U.S. common usage might need some explanation.
Welcome to Lemmy.
Maybe it changed in your country but that doesn't affect the meaning it has in my country. We may use the English language to communicate, but we're not reproducing all of american culture, and we don't bring over all of their changes. Yes, it's confusing for you. For us too. No, don't expect the rest of the world to adopt all the changes you make.
I find any use of the same word to mean opposite things confusing, and it seems to happen more often than I would like in the US politics
I hope this comment cleaves your brain.