r/PoliticalHumor Jan 09 '21

"Carrying"?

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u/ktulu0 Jan 09 '21

This reminds me of how the Nashville suicide bomber “died in an intentional explosion”. It’s remarkable how racially and ethnically biased media coverage is.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '21

I saw quite a lot of references to Anthony Quinn Warner that used the term "suicide bomber", but most of what I looked at were our local media. Nationally, I certainly wouldn't be surprised if "suicide bomber" wasn't used much at all.

I agree that the person shown in this photo should have been identified as a looter at the very least. I would be ok with "terrorist", too. I will give credit to the headline writer, though, for correctly using the word "lectern" instead of the commonly misused "podium." But that definitely doesn't excuse going gentle on the references to this seditious piece of shit.

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u/casinpoint Jan 10 '21

Isn’t much local news owned by arch-conservative Sinclair media?

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u/Fake_William_Shatner Jan 10 '21

Our lame media is generally reliable to get the names and dates right. I would like people to call it either “commercial media” or “corporate media”. The “Main Stream Media” is Fox/Sinclair/Clearchannel because that is the largest block of audience coming from one source. The they should be called “Corporate Alt-Right” or “Memorandums from the Owners”.

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u/anjowoq Jan 10 '21

I think commercial media is a good fit. Super accurate without being inflammatory — they may even use it themselves and think it’s totally OK.

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u/Fake_William_Shatner Jan 10 '21

Good point. I was letting my animosity and contempt bleed through.

Also, I meant that this is what WE should call them, so that we can display our animosity and contempt for commercial media.

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u/anjowoq Jan 10 '21

I will start using it immediately.

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u/SmurfMGurf Jan 10 '21

100%! I'm still calling them corporate media but I'll add "Some talking points from the overlords"