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I really don’t understand how Israel are beyond reproach by the MSM.

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago
[-] Hawke@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Main-Stream Media. Usually used by the far right to refer to centrist publications/broadcasters.

Edit: not intending to say that the GP is far-right, and I completely agree that it makes no sense for anyone to support Israel here.

[-] IbnLemmy@feddit.uk 9 points 1 year ago

That is some proper sneaky way of trying to undermine the OPs point.

[-] Hawke@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I don’t really see how that undermines anything, I just explained the abbreviation and mentioned how I mostly see it used. The only group I see screeching about how the “mainstream media” is biased against them is the far right.

Most people agree on which news orgs are “mainstream media”: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/05/07/broad-agreement-in-u-s-even-among-partisans-on-which-news-outlets-are-part-of-the-mainstream-media/

And an article on the topic of alleged bias: https://www.npr.org/2022/08/07/1115949410/republicans-have-long-feuded-with-the-mainstream-media-now-many-are-shutting-the

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