On: The News Business Is Cratering

[FrustratedMonky]

Who is 'them' here?

Seems like anytime I hear people use 'They', 'Them' as some broad category of some secret organization driving things. It is increasingly hard to decipher what the 'they/them' is referring to? Is it Q-anon? Deep Christian State?

'They' are doing this to 'Us'. But can never really pin it down? Every conspiracy is always shifting to a new 'They'.

[geraneum → FrustratedMonky]

It doesn’t really matter. It’s fluid and redefined as needed.

[blovescoffee → FrustratedMonky]

I feel like in this instance “them” is pretty clearly news agencies

[FrustratedMonky → blovescoffee]

Yes. Addressed later

From other post.

Thought on re-reading OP comment, 'them' could just refer to generic 'media', and not be right/left.

It shows how even language is getting warped. Frequently right leaning news uses 'They' for every type of boogie man. So if a comment has 'They' it sounds right leaning.

[RcouF1uZ4gsC → FrustratedMonky]

There is no conspiratorial “them”. The pronoun just refers to the people in the news business.

[drewcoo → FrustratedMonky]

> Who is 'them' here?

If you can't tell, you're not part of the conversation.

If you're (much more likely) trying to frame the poster as some kind of conspiracy theorist . . . there's a different STFU for that one.