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hereme888
woooooo
They all locked ranks against Bernie Sanders when he looked like a threat for 5 minutes.
The rest of the time, you're right that they never mention anything far left but it's not like that's great for the left.
jjj123
Curious who the far left extremists are to you? Do you mean Twitter communists or identity politics liberals, or something else?
Ginger-Pickles
> The Oxygen of Amplification has three interlocking parts:
> Part 1 provides a historical overview of the relationship between the news media and far-right manipulators who leveraged trolling and meme culture during the 2016 US presidential election.
The film Feels Good Man (2020)[0] is a visually beautiful example of the same idea. Unexpected psychedelic sleeper hit of the year.
cplusplusfellow
“Far” right is a ludicrous term these days given how centrist you can be and still be designated such. All that’s necessary is to be contra narratives - or question narratives that aren’t allowed to be questioned and suddenly you’re almost a nazi.
With that said, “trolling” and “meme culture” was founded by far left activists on late night television during the Obama years, in my view. It’s a legitimate way of questioning narratives.
swayvil
This is definitely pushing a certain politics. Do we do that here?
cplusplusfellow
I was flagged earlier today because I called out someone pushing politics of the left with overt hypocrisy. It certainly doesn’t happen the other way around.
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> "Part 1 provides a historical overview of the relationship between the news media and far-right manipulators..."
It's noticeable how the "far-right" is always being blamed, but the far-left is rarely ever mentioned in books or by the MSM.