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by pixl97 2y ago

In addition tik-tok/insta are having post after post warning people that the shelves are going to be empty which tends to feedback into itself. If you were going to buy 1 of X normally if you think X may be out for sometime you may end up buying 2-4 of X which will run the shelves out very quickly when 10-15% of purchasers do that unexpectedly. Other people see the shelves emptying and buy more too. Going to be messy. All I have to say is imagine if Biden did this, what the news would be saying.

philipallstar 2y ago
I'd imagine they'd be saying, "Why haven't we seen Biden in over 100 days?"
ceejayoz 2y ago
> All I have to say is imagine if Biden did this, what the news would be saying. Give it a few years. They'll say he did it. "Why do you think Barack Obama wasn't in the Oval Office on 9/11?" "That, I don't know. Would like to get to the bottom of that." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPfRGJRMbN8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPfRGJRMbN8
slashdev 2y ago
> All I have to say is imagine if Biden did this, what the news would be saying. Surely you don’t mean to imply the media treated Biden less favorably than Trump?
- Retric 2y ago
  Aggregate media bias across TV/Radio/Newspapers is interesting because both the direction and scale matters. Of course bias is only part of the story, do an objectively terrible job and you get more negative stories overall. As a concrete example a great deal of left leaning media was very critical of Biden running for reelection and especially waiting that long to pull out. You almost never see that kind of thing from right leaning media outlets. So, yes overall media bias favors Trump not because more outlets favor him but because the ones that do heavily favor him. Far left media is simply a more niche market than far right media. Mother Jones for example is well known but only pulls in ~16 million$ / year and even they where critical of Biden.
  - newfriend 2y ago
    NYT, WaPo, MSNBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS are not niche. They all ran cover for Biden until the debate made it too obvious. They were not "very critical". They are, however, extremely critical of anything Trump does.
    - achandlerwhite 2y ago
      I wouldn’t say extremely critical of Trump. He brings half of it on himself. Simply reporting what he says and does that makes him look incompetent is not being particularly critical.
      - slashdev 2y ago
        The media has been extremely critical of Trump. Sometimes deserved, sometimes not. But impossible to deny the bias.
        Retric 2y ago
        A neutral stance isn’t an uncritical stance. It’s undeserved praise vs undeserved damnation that signifies a non neutral position.
        slashdev 2y ago
        The media is far from neutral. Almost all have a major left bias. Fox has a major right bias.
        Retric 2y ago
        Not when you look at objective metrics of bias such as sentiment analysis or track time spent on positive vs neutral vs negative coverage of various issues. Of course that’s in relation to US political parties, pick a different ‘center’ and you can get any answer you want for how the media is biased overall. Objectively FOX isn’t pure propaganda they do include some coverage critical of R politicians and policies. It’s just far less than say CNN spends on coverage critical of D politicians and policies.
- i80and 2y ago
  At least for the 2024 election, I find it difficult to believe one could come to any other conclusion with all the rampant sane-washing that NYT, WaPo, etc. engaged in
guntars 2y ago
Ah, yes, the difference between taking two slices at a pizza party because you fear it might run out vs taking none because you fear it might run out.
ryandrake 2y ago
> If you were going to buy 1 of X normally if you think X may be out for sometime you may end up buying 2-4 of X which will run the shelves out very quickly when 10-15% of purchasers do that unexpectedly. There are enough people who buy 0 of X normally, but if they think there might be stockouts, will visit every store in their area and buy 100 of X so they can scalp them and make a buck off their neighbors.

by pixl97 2y ago

philipallstar 2y ago

I'd imagine they'd be saying, "Why haven't we seen Biden in over 100 days?"

ceejayoz 2y ago

> All I have to say is imagine if Biden did this, what the news would be saying. Give it a few years. They'll say he did it. "Why do you think Barack Obama wasn't in the Oval Office on 9/11?" "That, I don't know. Would like to get to the bottom of that." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPfRGJRMbN8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPfRGJRMbN8

slashdev 2y ago

> All I have to say is imagine if Biden did this, what the news would be saying. Surely you don’t mean to imply the media treated Biden less favorably than Trump?

Retric 2y ago
Aggregate media bias across TV/Radio/Newspapers is interesting because both the direction and scale matters. Of course bias is only part of the story, do an objectively terrible job and you get more negative stories overall. As a concrete example a great deal of left leaning media was very critical of Biden running for reelection and especially waiting that long to pull out. You almost never see that kind of thing from right leaning media outlets. So, yes overall media bias favors Trump not because more outlets favor him but because the ones that do heavily favor him. Far left media is simply a more niche market than far right media. Mother Jones for example is well known but only pulls in ~16 million$ / year and even they where critical of Biden.
- newfriend 2y ago
  NYT, WaPo, MSNBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS are not niche. They all ran cover for Biden until the debate made it too obvious. They were not "very critical". They are, however, extremely critical of anything Trump does.
  - achandlerwhite 2y ago
    I wouldn’t say extremely critical of Trump. He brings half of it on himself. Simply reporting what he says and does that makes him look incompetent is not being particularly critical.
    - slashdev 2y ago
      The media has been extremely critical of Trump. Sometimes deserved, sometimes not. But impossible to deny the bias.
      - Retric 2y ago
        A neutral stance isn’t an uncritical stance. It’s undeserved praise vs undeserved damnation that signifies a non neutral position.
        slashdev 2y ago
        The media is far from neutral. Almost all have a major left bias. Fox has a major right bias.
        Retric 2y ago
        Not when you look at objective metrics of bias such as sentiment analysis or track time spent on positive vs neutral vs negative coverage of various issues. Of course that’s in relation to US political parties, pick a different ‘center’ and you can get any answer you want for how the media is biased overall. Objectively FOX isn’t pure propaganda they do include some coverage critical of R politicians and policies. It’s just far less than say CNN spends on coverage critical of D politicians and policies.
i80and 2y ago
At least for the 2024 election, I find it difficult to believe one could come to any other conclusion with all the rampant sane-washing that NYT, WaPo, etc. engaged in

guntars 2y ago

Ah, yes, the difference between taking two slices at a pizza party because you fear it might run out vs taking none because you fear it might run out.

ryandrake 2y ago

> If you were going to buy 1 of X normally if you think X may be out for sometime you may end up buying 2-4 of X which will run the shelves out very quickly when 10-15% of purchasers do that unexpectedly. There are enough people who buy 0 of X normally, but if they think there might be stockouts, will visit every store in their area and buy 100 of X so they can scalp them and make a buck off their neighbors.