People on the far right: “the mainstream media never talks about this!”
Talked about nightly on Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, the top 2 highest rating prime time news shows, reaching 2.5-3 million viewers nightly. Which is more than CNN and MSNBC combined.
I love it when I hear Fox News commentators complaining about what you will or won’t see in the “mainstream media.”
Bruh, you’re the #1 news channel in the USA. You *are* the mainstream media. But it plays to their base to pretend like they’re a scrappy underdog who’s being actively suppressed, so
I think it was Jeremy Clarkson in the UK, complaint that he was watching a rerun of benny n moaning how the woke brigade had stopped Benny hill from being on TV….while he watched it on TV.
Reminds me of all the people who go on national/global television to loudly proclaim that they are being silenced and cancelled through one of the biggest megaphones on the planet.
Someone wingnut did exactly this on twitter the other day, saying “the MSM won’t cover this” with a link to his article in The Times. The Times of London, the original mainstream newspaper, the reason other newspapers, magazines, sites are called “The ___ Times.”
Always happens in Reddit comments. Whenever I see posts that say “why aren’t the media covering this” I’ll go check a couple of mainstream media sites and it’s always there.
Lee Anderson, a batshit-crazy Tory MP in the UK, posted on Twitter about a slight upturn in the British economy (caused, apparently, by factors like kids going back to school after the half-term holiday) and titled it “Getting There. You won’t see this in the MSM”
It was illustrated with a picture of the front cover of the *Times* (the venerable British newspaper) reporting that very story.
I had a friend say something like this. Each time I linked a mainstream source he just changed the angle of the story that wasn’t being covered until he got angry and started ranting.
The problem with partisan media is that they like to tell you that “the rest of the media is not talking about this.” Since most partisan-media consumers do not leave their bubble, they have no way of knowing if this assertion is true and they so they assume it is and also are disincentivized to go outside their bubble because they are told that (out there) everyone is ill-informed.
Because of this, the “no one is talking about this” story is an easy sell to a bottom-line focused editor.
I love the term “Mainstream media” because the second I hear it from someone trying to make a point it lets me completely zone out because its a 99% chance that they are fucking stupid and don’t have a clue.
Sort of like how we used to use r/Donald and now r/conservative in folks post history.
This happened the other day. My brother told me about a story. I was like, “oh yeah I saw that too.” He said “crazy that the news isn’t covering it”. “Wdym how would you know about it if the news isn’t covering it” “I mean the liberal news, like cnn.”
Had this conversation with a guy at work yesterday, wonder why the media isn’t covering the protesters in Georgia. Had to tell him a protester was shot there and it’s been going on for awhile.
It’s a work in progress.
*”Why won’t my curated social media bubble show me anything outside my curated social media bubble?!”*
*- what I hear when people say this*
Anyway, if you like my comics, I’ve got more on [my website](https://www.butajape.com/comic/why-wont-they-cover-this/).
Psh… Nobody reads newspapers…
“Why won’t the media cover this!”
Dude. I told you about it a month ago… Guess where I got the info from.
People on the far right: “the mainstream media never talks about this!”
Talked about nightly on Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, the top 2 highest rating prime time news shows, reaching 2.5-3 million viewers nightly. Which is more than CNN and MSNBC combined.
I love it when I hear Fox News commentators complaining about what you will or won’t see in the “mainstream media.”
Bruh, you’re the #1 news channel in the USA. You *are* the mainstream media. But it plays to their base to pretend like they’re a scrappy underdog who’s being actively suppressed, so
Lol. This was Reddit and the Ohio train crash the other week.
It’s like a Brian Griffin rant.
I think it was Jeremy Clarkson in the UK, complaint that he was watching a rerun of benny n moaning how the woke brigade had stopped Benny hill from being on TV….while he watched it on TV.
Omfg I’ve had this conversation. “You won’t see mainstream media cover that!” “I saw it covered by CNN online.” “That doesn’t count!”
what they really mean is why hasn’t it been made into a meme on reddit or a clip on tiktok
Fun fact the first time the term “mainstream media” was used was Joseph Goebbels. You know the chief propagandist of the Nazi party in 1930.
Reminds me of all the people who go on national/global television to loudly proclaim that they are being silenced and cancelled through one of the biggest megaphones on the planet.
The best is when they claim it’s not in the MAINSTREAM MEDIA when the event happened like 3 years ago and was covered everywhere.
Reddit thread with 10k upvotes, top of the front page, links to a news article.
Without fail, some dumbass in the comments: “WHY ISN’T ANYONE TALKING ABOUT THIS?!”
Someone wingnut did exactly this on twitter the other day, saying “the MSM won’t cover this” with a link to his article in The Times. The Times of London, the original mainstream newspaper, the reason other newspapers, magazines, sites are called “The ___ Times.”
Always happens in Reddit comments. Whenever I see posts that say “why aren’t the media covering this” I’ll go check a couple of mainstream media sites and it’s always there.
It seems like a whole new wave of people are mad at what the nyt is covering recently.
“I don’t think you’re looking to be informed. I think you just trying to get another dopamine rush.”
I remember listening to Rush Limbaugh complaining about the main stream media. The guy had millions of listeners, he was the main stream media.
It’s really bizarre when r/conspiracy is peddling fox news talking points.
Lee Anderson, a batshit-crazy Tory MP in the UK, posted on Twitter about a slight upturn in the British economy (caused, apparently, by factors like kids going back to school after the half-term holiday) and titled it “Getting There. You won’t see this in the MSM”
It was illustrated with a picture of the front cover of the *Times* (the venerable British newspaper) reporting that very story.
In the UK this week we had a politician tweeting a screenshot saying “You won’t see this in the mainstream media”.
The screenshot was from The Times. A major newspaper that’s been going for well over 200 years. I would love to know their definition of “mainstream”.
I had a friend say something like this. Each time I linked a mainstream source he just changed the angle of the story that wasn’t being covered until he got angry and started ranting.
This is facebook, reddit, twitter and that fucking train crash
“nObOdY iS cOveRiNg iT”
then how does *literally everybody* know it happened?
> I’m being censored by the radical left that controls all the media!
…says the conservative on FOX news, which is the biggest news channel in the country.
I’ve never heard this complaint from anyone who actively follows high-quality sources of news. They couldn’t even tell you what “the media” covers.
The problem with partisan media is that they like to tell you that “the rest of the media is not talking about this.” Since most partisan-media consumers do not leave their bubble, they have no way of knowing if this assertion is true and they so they assume it is and also are disincentivized to go outside their bubble because they are told that (out there) everyone is ill-informed.
Because of this, the “no one is talking about this” story is an easy sell to a bottom-line focused editor.
I love the term “Mainstream media” because the second I hear it from someone trying to make a point it lets me completely zone out because its a 99% chance that they are fucking stupid and don’t have a clue.
Sort of like how we used to use r/Donald and now r/conservative in folks post history.
See also “why isn’t the news showing this totally unverified photo with a potentially made up caption”
This happened the other day. My brother told me about a story. I was like, “oh yeah I saw that too.” He said “crazy that the news isn’t covering it”. “Wdym how would you know about it if the news isn’t covering it” “I mean the liberal news, like cnn.”
CNN is where I saw it…
This is Fox News talking about themselves.
I swear they do this shit then pull up Facebook for a source.
“Why isn’t this on mainstream, big news? Like Britebart?!” – average lobotomized, brainless citizen.
Had this conversation with a guy at work yesterday, wonder why the media isn’t covering the protesters in Georgia. Had to tell him a protester was shot there and it’s been going on for awhile.
It’s a work in progress.
“what the media didn’t tell you…” Is often how some people use to present fake news and propaganda