I think you're onto something here. I can't find the link but in the early 2000s blog-era there was a blog about how media criticism is a low form of argument.

I think you're onto something here. I can't find the link but in the early 2000s blog-era there was a blog about how media criticism is a low form of argument. Media criticism is easy, it doesn't require any particular expertise or research, and it has broad appeal. It's also rather thin gruel. It generally relies on a sort of sleight-of-hand where you imply the media (or the mainstream media) is a single entity and define away counterexamples.