Michael Wolff Quote

Bannon’s entire political career, such as it was, had been in political media. It was also in Internet media—that is, media ruled by immediate response. The Breitbart formula was to so appall the liberals that the base was doubly satisfied, generating clicks in a ricochet of disgust and delight. You defined yourself by your enemy’s reaction. Conflict was the media bait—hence, now, the political chum. The new politics was not the art of the compromise but the art of conflict.

Michael Wolff

Bannon’s entire political career, such as it was, had been in political media. It was also in Internet media—that is, media ruled by immediate response. The Breitbart formula was to so appall the liberals that the base was doubly satisfied, generating clicks in a ricochet of disgust and delight. You defined yourself by your enemy’s reaction. Conflict was the media bait—hence, now, the political chum. The new politics was not the art of the compromise but the art of conflict.

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Michael Wolff (graphic designer) (born 1933), British graphic designer, co-founder of Wolff Olins
Michael Wolff (journalist) (born 1953), American author, essayist, and journalist
Michael Wolff (musician) (born 1952), American jazz musician
Michael A. Wolff (born 1945), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri, Dean Emeritus of Saint Louis University School of Law