Talk:Nice Peter vs EpicLLOYD 2/@comment-26572281-20170624113618/@comment-24328089-20170625112043

Not exactly Assy.

I'd say "the patriarchy" (when used as a catch-all scapegoat) is more parallel to something like "thanks Obama".

Complaints about "main stream media" may be more equivalent to something vague like "the corporations". But even "corporations" are a little less broad and undefined than "main stream media".

The biggest problem with it is that it's a phrase that lacks inherent meaning. "Media" is simply mass communication. In a world Fox News and MSNBC, Mother Jones and Infowars, what does one define as "main stream"? The phrase seems to imply that you can't trust what anybody tells you unless they're some sort of obscure personal source. And that all forms of mass communication need to be shunned.

That seems like the philosophy of somebody who wants to distance themselves from reality. As if they need to blame the messenger, so they generalize nearly every form of communication they have with the outside world (newspapers, television, internet publications), as being part of some singular organization that's out to lie to them and insult them.

To be clear "main stream media" can be used by far left people as well. Maybe somebody who doesn't believe that vaccines are safe? Those people tend to be liberal.

And sometimes I've seen it used in non-political situations. Sort of like what Teddy was alluding to. Some actor or public figure will come under fire for some sort of controversy, or maybe they'll receive some sort of criticism, and they're fans will start talking about the "mainstream media" is threatened by them and wants them out of the picture or something.

Hell, it's not too different from when DC movies were all getting rotten reviews, and the really delusional DC fans started talking about how critics just hated DC, and they were all being paid by Marvel or something.