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Not just conservatives and libertarians. I talked to a bunch of protesters/bernie supporters in philly who said they don't trust the mainstream media or twitte

• dragonwriter 10y ago
  > I think there is a huge opportunity for a non establishment media on both the right and left. There's a huge non-"mainstream media" on both the right and left already (the term "mainstream media", at least its use as a pejorative, was popularized by the large institutional right-wing media, there's also a substantial non-traditional left-wing media [which is where most of the stories that generate anger on the left with the traditional "mainstream media" on the left are transmitted].) The anger isn't a sign of an open opportunity for non-traditional media on the left and right, its the product of the success of existing non-traditional media in transmitting ideas within the left and right.
  • MollyR 10y ago
    That makes sense. It seems like when people I talked with were expressing dislike of the "mainstream media",but they meant establishment controlled media. A lot of the people I talked to expressed disgust with vox, vice, slate, and salon as becoming establishment not just the washington post.