General Discussion

...and mostly reserves the term for legacy mainstream media, and only referring to "media platforms of billionaires" in the context of Twitter, not the 30-40 years of dedicated conservative/RW radio, tv, and cable dedicated to blaming Democrats for everything and softballing RWers. Musk is named, but Murdoch is not. Sinclair is not. Nor are "religious" media that have been pumping conspiracies and talking about Democrats as agents of the Devil for decades. It's so pervasive it's practically background radiation.

Does it have an effect on what's perceived as "normal" and "reasonable"? On what "everybody knows"? Hell yes it does.

But naaahhhh, it's all about Democrats being "elitist", not a 24/7/365 drumbeat to drown out anything but "Democrats are elitist."