The Weekly Standard announced last week that, after a 23-year run, it would cease publication. The closure of the prominent conservative news outlet isn’t just a tragedy for the field of journalism—it’s a scary sign for the future of the Republican Party. Specifically, its demise signals, in many ways, the further erosion of conservatism as a coherent ideology, and its replacement by a Trump personality cult.
There are a number of political science studies that help us make sense of The Weekly Standard’s shuttering. CONT.
Seth Masket, Pacific Standard