# Media Mapping  (*Copied from Destiny.gg*) These are things in the prior media atmosphere, especially from 2016-2024 that are incredibly unfavorable to “the left” and “the establishment” # Big Bucket Problems  ## “The Left” Media Is Not Unified Around Party Nor Candidates  Mainstream media will be incredibly critical of the Democratic party when the Democratic party makes mistakes. Alternative media isn't even guaranteed to support the candidate, and sometimes will be some of the harshest critics of the candidate. On the right, and “center,” every single media platform is part of a larger apparatus that always signifies loyalty and unyielding support for the Republican party/candidate  ### Examples Of The Problem  - The Biden debate performance was terrible, and almost every single mainstream and alternative media outlet was calling for Biden to step down after the debate.  - Biden being asked to apologize for the “bullseye" comment after Trump was shot at, and other forms of “finger-wagging” around “extreme” rhetoric on the left after Trump’s assassination attempt.  - Almost all of the alternative media seemed either to reluctantly endorse Biden/Kamala or refused to to do so altogether - The Washington Post was prevented by Jeff Bezos from endorsing Kamala Harris, even.  ### How The Right Deals With This Problem - Every single mainstream and alternative media outlet that is captured by “the right” and their audience is basically on board with the exact same talking points, never really acknowledges when Trump makes a significant mistake, and will always support Trump as a candidate regardless of the environment or any actions that he takes  ### Examples of their Solutions - Nonsense slogans that are almost ubiquitous repeated by the right, even though they are completely and obviously devoid of fact i.e. Lies they proliferate: - “No New Wars” despite conflict raging across Ukraine and the Middle East - “Biden has prevented us from drilling for oil” or some other statement alluding to us failing to export energy  - “You were better off four years ago” even though we were living under lock-downs - “The Big Lie” despite there being zero  - “They want an Open Border” despite them trying to pass legislation to alleviate some of the issues  - “Russiagate” despite peoples in Trump’s administration literally working with Russians to coordinate media leaks - “Biden Crime Family” despite never being able to prove anything malevolent concerning HUnter and his business dealings  - “Peaceful transition of power” despite violence delaying the certification of the vote - The Right is incredibly effective at bullying individuals who might veer away from supporting Trump into either being silent or supporting Trump - Kyle Rittenhouse, when he said wanted to write in a Libertarian because of his concern over the second amendment  - Joe Rogan when he seemed to speak favorably of RFK as a candidate  - Ben Shapiro on January 7th called January 6th an insurrection  --- ### How To Fix The Problem  - I don't think we should adopt the same cult mentality that MAGA has, for a variety of reasons. However it is important that every person who is on “the left” and tries to work with other people on “the left” and with institutions on “the left” all stress how important it is to support the party/candidate. There cannot be so much party infighting or media backstabbing of the candidates nor the party, at least when election seasons are at hand --- ### Examples of Potential Solutions  - DNC should no longer work with alternative media that does not support the party/candidates - Members of “the left” mediasphere should stop giving so much credibility or pretending to be on the same side as people on the far left who are unwilling to support the party or the candidate  - If you are on the left, criticism of the left should come clearly paired with the idea that, while you can be critical of the left, our party offers a superior choice to the alternative  ## Left-Wing People Aren't Fun/The Left Can't Meme On a very basic "vibe check," If I tune into any right coded media, I'm probably going to feel like everyone is having a good time in a welcoming way in which I can also have a laugh, that's not purely a laugh that is at the expensive of some majority power group. It seems harder to make edgy jokes or laugh about a multitude of topics in left-leaning media environments. I don't think this happens because the left is particularity bad about "in-group" jokes versus the right, I think its just that the left's "in-group" is much larger, meaning there are fewer "acceptable jokes" to tell, whereas the right's "in-group" is much smaller, leaving a wide variety of jokes you can tell about "out-group" individuals ### Examples Of The Problem - The left will obsessively cancel things that are clearly "jokes" done in ways that aren't even necessarily meant to offend or attack minority groups. Essentially, it starts to feel like the only people you can make fun of on the left are people you have to "punch up" against, e.g. white people, men, wealthy people, Americans etc... - James Gunn being cancelled for 10+ year old tweets and forced to sit aside from GoG2 - Al Franken being forced to step down as a Senator after old pictures came out related to comedy sketches - Shane Gillis losing his SNL post when there was probably a better road to redemption/way to address his prior jokes - Jenna Marbles being forced to quit YouTube for her old sketch (this is my example) - Lindsay Ellis same thing. She has a video explaining this phenomena and how it never changes anyone who is actually problematic or racist or hateful of whatever marginalized group's mind, because you have to buy into the belief that discriminating against these groups is a problem in the first place. (this is my examples) - Contrapoints being cancelled (this is my example) - There are hundreds of examples of people on "the left" being cancelled for things they'd done a long time ago or for jokes that were probably in poor taste, but not worth losing jobs or positions over. ### How The Right Deals With This Problem Truly, it feels as long as you don't cross lines into pedophilia territory (e.g. Milo Yiannopoulos), you are cleared for almost any behavior and it's just written off as "what-about-ism" or justified in some way. (Although if you go against Daddy Trump, you are auto-cancelled, so there is a cancellation process, just with a different standard, you can't joke about Trump, make white men the butt of jokes etc) - Literally anything that Trump has said/done, relating to infidelity, lack of religious character, insults/comments made towards almost anyone, disrespect of veterans, etc... - The relentless defense of Andrew Tate - Ignoring almost anything to do with conservative figures being photographed with Epstein - Anything having to do with accusations related to basically any conservative figure, e.g. Matt Gaetz or Russel Brand - Mark Robinson and all of his leaked stuff, Roy Moore in Alabama, Boebert's theater handjob - The right and the left have two different standards of measurement for cancellation. The mob mentality and behavior is the same, but it is applied differently. On the Left, we stand for the rights of the oppressed or marginalized, so not only can you not attack or joke about anyone in this category now, but you cannot have ever done so. On the right, you can make jokes about marginalized people and you can actively sexually harass and even assault women, unless their prepubescent, but you cannot criticize or joke about Trump or make white men the but of a joke. - The Left Can't Meme -- The fact Bill Bur is even considered a Right Wing Comedian is an example of this problem - The reason it feels like you can get away with anything on the right is because, there are a number of marginalized groups, we are protecting and if you are over 25 you grew up in a world, where marginalized people were constantly the but of jokes, either to point out bigotry or to just to make fun of a stereotype. That is why cancelling a person for a joke they made 10 years ago is ridiculous, because it was okay back then. The other thing is that people on the right don't care about history. JD Vance is accepted even though he got famous in part for saying Trump was America's Hitler and an Opioid, unless you're a Democrat e.g. Tim Walz - Joe Rogan shut down RFK impersonation jokes As long as you're not telling crazy jokes that put Trump in a bad light, you're generally free to hit on as many other groups as you want. - The right relentlessly targeted Alec Baldwin because of how upset they were over his Trump impersonations - The right generally (social media vibes) thinks its funny when "independent satirists" satirize or make fun of the left, but incredibly upset when they satirize the right (I've personally seen this happen with Stonetoss and the Babylon Bee) - ### Examples Of Their Solutions ### How To Fix The Problem ### Examples Of Potential Solutions ## The Left Can’t Meme - The left in general has a very hard time being “personable” or accessible without way to much woke-scolding behavior ## Setting The Media Agenda  - Somehow, the right is able to dictate what everyone will be talking about, regardless of how big or small the issue is in actuality e.g. the border, foreign aid, “culture war issues.” - The left is always playing defense. ## Adherence To Factual Reality  - The right is not obliged to ever back anything they state with any sort of fact or figure, and they can easily move on from one argument to th next - “Memory-holing” certain things from the right ## Facts Do Not Reduce To Any Real-World Thing - In the current media environment, anyone can basically say anything and there is no way that anyone can really fact-check outside whether a thing is true or not, instead they have to rely on wherever they get their media from, e.g. how many illegals actually crossed the border? ## No Accountability For The Right - The right will crucify the left on singular statements (e.g. Fauci saying something about masks) but will totally vindicate their side by singular statements (e.g. Trump said to “march peacefully.”) ## Lack Of Cohesive Narratives  - The right seems to have a cohesive narrative for the direction they point themselves in, the left is endlessly getting lost defending micro-issues without having a strong macro-narrative for the things they support.  ## The Obsession With Being “Fair” - Only the liberal/left media has tried desperately to remain “fair” in their coverage, the right does not seem to care about any such pretense.  - “Both-sidesting” and “Sane-washing”