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Re:Marwa Elselehdar: 'I was blamed for blocking the Suez Canal' by Pyramus on Sunday April 04, 2021 @09:30AM (#26689249)
What/who is "the media"?

I see this pattern where you define a class so broad any proposition becomes a truism, and productive discussion becomes impossible.

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Re:Marwa Elselehdar: 'I was blamed for blocking the Suez Canal' by ipaddr on Sunday April 04, 2021 @10:17AM (#26689579)
The media are a trusted class of society who are afforded a blanket level of respect based on their role in society.

The media have started to act in the best interest of their clan vs society as a whole. The Media has fragmented and serves their niches but not society as a whole.

So talking about the media as a whole is possible without having to identify tribes within.

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Re:Marwa Elselehdar: 'I was blamed for blocking the Suez Canal' by Pyramus on Monday April 05, 2021 @10:13AM (#26699193)
In the above paragraph replace "the media" with "doctors", "scientists", "politicians", "elected officials", "the police", "big pharma", "journalists" ...

I'm not saying you are not making a point - it's just a unnecessarily broad point that is difficult to discuss constructively.

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