#hey i think chomsky had something to say about media coverage mechanics

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the rape accusations against gaiman are getting the same media playbook as the accusation against biden a few years back---first most mainstream and legacy outlets are never going to take the story, it gets broken somewhere niche or less prestigious, the bigger publications don't follow up with the relevant sources or authorities, and then the mainstream narrative is that this is a fringe story peddled by weirdos with an agenda (anyone remember biden's accuser getting called a russian disinformation agent or whatever?) and it gets swept under the rug. ppl love to act like rape accusations are sooo rhetorically powerful now just because a few celebrity men lost netflix deals or whatever in 2017 but we are literally watching in real time how these stories are suppressed and publicity-managed out of the spotlight