https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/09/04/the-new-reactionaries-part-607/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 21:43:12 -0400<![CDATA[When I say that substantial parts of the media are the New Reactionaries, I am not joking. That&#8217;s a heavy accusation, but I feel I have earned the right to make it because I have been a member of that media all of my adult life (longer than any other blogger that I know of). Yes, I was almost always an &#8220;imaginative writer&#8221; of novels and screenplays, but virtually all of those fictions had political content. I have no intention of disavowing any of them. Indeed I am proud of them. But somehow I have grown and changed over the years while many of my colleagues have not. Why is a big question, which I will deal with elsewhere (a book), but the results of this inability to change on the part of many have turned them into a new form of unconscious reactionaries. And like most reactionaries of the past, they are quite willing to lie and distort for what they consider a larger good.]]>Sat, 04 Sep 2004 08:04:14 -0400<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2004/09/04/the-new-reactionaries-part-607-n204491