[a character sits at their desk, in front of their computers, and complains angrily]
Mainstream media? Unreliable, biased, full of fake news, they keep lying…
You can’t trust them!
[changing to a point of view beind the character allows us to see that their screen is filled with other angry characters that look like the main character]
That’s why I get all my news from angry dudes on social media and men’s right activism podcasts
they are mainstream media. joe rogan is one of the most popular media franchises. it doesn’t matter he’s in a newer format than fox news, it matters that he’s part of the same mechanism and cultural delivery system