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Beerman

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Because it exists


"Mainstream media", as the modern expression of long-standing media conglomerates is a perfectly valid designator. It doesn't have anything to do with ideology, although right-leaning outlets like to paint themselves as outside of the mainstream because of the fiery independent sprit inherent in American Conservatism (*lol*)

Fox is a relative baby, NewsCorp being founded in 1980, but it's claims of being something other than MSM is mostly just a public relations campaign.

Non-mainstream media are the blogs-on-steroids, again regardless of ideological stripe. Their mission statements put them outside of the mainstream on purpose. This applies to things like OAN and Breitbart all the same as it does to left-wacko outlets like Daily Kos.

(In response to this post by Cav113)

Posted: 11/17/2020 at 11:18AM



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