Where’s the Critical Coverage of Left-Wing Conspiracy Theorists?

A constant irritation for the American political writer is that there exist so many profane, discipline-specific epithets for which there are no polite alternatives.

The pundit or reporter is therefore left to rely on watered-down stand-ins — say, “dirty trickster” — that just don’t convey the true picture. We see similar failures of language and tone whenever the press covers the left-wing fringe, a failure so common and dependable as to be intentional.