The article critiques Axios's use of access journalism, arguing that it distorts serious issues such as fascism by presenting them as 'masculine maximalism.' The author appreciates well-practiced access journalism for its transparency and context but condemns its abuse, especially by Axios co-founders Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen. They suggest that the piece glorifies Trump's administration and distorts reality, framing aggressive political tactics in benign terms. The criticism highlights a growing concern over how certain narratives are constructed in media.
Axios took sane-washing to new heights with a piece of access journalism that rebrands textbook fascism in President Donald Trump's terms.
VandeHei and Allen offer up a bullet-pointed essay on masculine maximalism that, by its own description, sounds an awful lot like the dictionary definition of fascism.
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