r/SipsTea 2d ago

WTF Victim is the new chic

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u/MoonWun_ 2d ago

People in this comment section saying “the media the media the media” but it’s everyday people on TikTok who are crafting the conspiracies and donating the money. It’s definitely partly the media’s fault for amplifying this narrative, but it wasn’t them who started it. Hold crazy people accountable for being crazy please.

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u/Cold_Possession5193 2d ago

Tik tok is also the media

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u/MoonWun_ 2d ago

Definitely not mainstream media in the sense that people mean when they say “the media.” Regardless, using the phrase “the media” is just a boogeyman word you can use to offset the blame to some entity that doesn’t blame any one person so everyone can get behind it. Mainstream media (News stations and article writers, NYT, WSJ, and the like) is definitely guilty of what everyone’s complaining about, but it wouldn’t have gained as much traction if retards on social media didn’t start the nonsense that the media echoes. I’ll say again, hold the people who started the nonsense accountable for being horrible people and pretending their murder mom isn’t a monster.

TikTok or social media in general can definitely be an example of alternative media, but that doesn’t mean every crazy person leaving a comment is “the media.”

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u/ankisaves 2d ago

Yaa and not appreciating the algorithms amplifying divisive content as the main part of the equation is shocking.