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The word that stands out to me most in this comment is "mainstream" where it appears before "media". If the issue is primary sources vs commentary, it shouldn't
by dingnuts 2y ago
The word that stands out to me most in this comment is "mainstream" where it appears before "media". If the issue is primary sources vs commentary, it shouldn't matter if the person is listening to NBC, CNN, FOX, or Joe Rogan Experience -- those are /all/ commentary.
And by the way, which ones are mainstream? What does "mainstream" even mean? The only people I ever hear complain about the "mainstream media" are on one side of the political spectrum and who somehow always fail to notice that their media is actually more popular. More mainstream, if you will.
> It was the first time in a long time that I've realized just how removed from what actually happens so many people are.
"Wake up sheeple!"
Give me a break, lol.
- smeej 2y agoIn this case, it was a CNN newscaster, which is about as "mainstream media" as it gets, but I would extend the same criticism to anybody else who doesn't even pretend they have any background knowledge or research supporting their claims, just a teleprompter to read it from. The comparison was between source material and commentary, specifically commentary by people who don't even claim to understand the topic in any depth.