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I hear this all the time. The joke is that both sides of the political divide think it's the other side that credulously believes everything the media peddles
by rootusrootus 4y ago
I hear this all the time. The joke is that both sides of the political divide think it's the other side that credulously believes everything the media peddles to them. It smells a lot like the usual 'both sides are bad' trope.
- asdff 4y agoWell, both sides are neoliberal.
- infamouscow 4y agoInstead of dismissing the point as unoriginal, why don't you address the substance of the argument and provide evidence refuting the claim both sides are bad?
- majormajor 4y agoWhat substance? > This kind if title is rich coming from the fear mongering media. Particularly as the story right above this in the most popular stories section is "America’s Fall Booster Plan Has a Fatal Paradox" and > The best thing to teach your kid is to clearly show them how the media and politicians lie and manipulate by showing their contradtory talking vs behaviour vs what they actually do side-by-side meme style. Don't have much substance at all. One has an anecdote of the form "the same website has another article with a hyperbolic title!" (This is a classic sort of "disagreement implies deceit" argument as is always brought up when scientists disagree on things, or consensus changes.) The other has a claim of "what [the media] says and does is different" in a way that suggests this is distinctive/meaningfully different in that way than in terms of any other human's behavior without any supporting substance, you're just supposed to accept it on faith that "the media" are intentionally manipulative hypocrites. Even if this is correct, it's not actually a substantial argument as presented, it will only possibly work on the already-converted.
- Bloating 4y agoboth sides, because theres only two sides to any issue
- teddyh 4y agoThe joke, of course, is that both sides do believe what (their own) media tells them.
- whoooooo123 4y agoThis doesn't preclude the possibility that one side's media tells the truth more accurately than the other's.
- teddyh 4y agoOf course, but that’s completely orthogonal. Nobody believes their own side’s media because it’s less easy to debunk; people instead believe that media because it’s the media from their own side, and as such tells people on that side what they want to hear and believe.
- jmugan 4y agoWell, we can at least say that one side in more sophisticated in how they present their truth, but I'm not sure that makes it any more truthful.
- Bloating 4y agoThats what they tell you
- hulitu 4y agoThe joke is that both sides of the political divide make no difference in their actions. The only difference is that some things are slowed down, but in the end they are implemented.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoAny data to support this? Because I can name quite a few, especially one very recent popular legal action based on political divide that have very different consequences for the populace.
- jmugan 4y agoIsn't that kind of meta? Calling it the "both-sides-are-bad trope" is a trope used by one side to say they really are superior to the other. Having both sides believe this is kind of our whole problem right now in the US.
- Bloating 4y agoBoth sides... good vs bad makes it easy