Voice of actual ordinary people is not heard in all this because the info environment is dominated by the online right and that feeds into traditional media who should do better. We'd be better off in many ways if more people with common sense views (e.g. pogroms are bad) had their own platforms.
Josh Westerling
The perception thing is interesting: there really is a belief among many people in the media/westminster that racists/reformers represent most 'ordinary' people and they're scrambling to meet that.
Thing is... not only is it not true, it doesnt reflect their own circles. Its a weird overcorrection.
Yeah, I've not quite found the right framing to write about this properly, yet, but I think a huge problem is media/politics becoming fully passive and reactive to what it sees as mass opinion rather than striving to argue with it.
James Austin
John Oxley
Social media would have less power and influence if legacy media was more forthright in dismissing and challenging its harmful narratives rather than indulging and reinforcing them.
Formless Oedon's Chapel Roan
Social media influence / power is yet another example of why positions along the lines of ‘the UK should focus on its own problems first’ are just not good enough / miss the point.
