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by pfannkuchen 16 days ago
Media: "X is horrible!"

<6 months later>

Media: "Americans Don't Like X"

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It's true that folks are unhappy when media does it's actual damn job and explains the things that bring harm.

However, a useless media is also a thing and it exists right along side of worthwhile media.

News Media: [Lockstep silence on Gov surveillance before 2013. Mostly silent on Gov/Corp surveillance after. Rarely reports on pols trading campaign cash for law/power]

<2026> Surveillance Is Everywhere and is being deployed against everyone possible.

Public: Increasingly exploited. Seemingly conditioned. Many are giddy after voting for a lying, grifting autocrat. Most don't give a thought to reelecting pols funded by career bribery.

    I prefer the news media
    that honors it's 1A protections
    by actually informing the public.