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> Judgements about status are embedded in almost everything aspect of the news. To read the news is to be insulted — which is why people are fleeing the mainstr
by coolgeek 6y ago
> Judgements about status are embedded in almost everything aspect of the news. To read the news is to be insulted — which is why people are fleeing the mainstream media in droves.
Except that the people that are "fleeing the mainstream media" are going to media sources (on the right, and the left) that are even more judgmental, and even more insulting.
That pretty much annihilates his argument.
- dwaltrip 6y agoThese other sources conform more strongly to the existing beliefs and values of prominent groups, right? So they are only more insulting for those outside of that group.
- coolgeek 6y agoFor better or worse, mainstream media is the closest thing we have to a consensus view that resembles reality as it exists (affirmatively, not normatively). Retreating into safe spaces (either on the right, or on the left) isn't the answer.