RE: A War Against Glass
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I noticed a lot of people will report on the reports.
This... This. I don't watch or listen to the news. My family tells me I'm crazy. Yet I always get the news that matter from talking to people. Hearing stuff on the news is hearing things last not first.
From there, after observing at least two teams being created by two opposing news outlets
In the western world, few people come to this conclusion, because it is well hidden. In Lebanon, where I live, politicians are bad at corruption. They're blinded by ego. The main TV channels are literally named after the political parties they represent. If you live where I live, you see there's no difference between supporting a political party or a football team. They are teams, as you described them, and you either are a fan or not.
Those who do not agree are already out of the picture; rage quit long ago and unfollowed/unfriended/blocked/muted after experiencing a political differences communication meltdown of sorts. I'm sure most of us have seen those fights online. This is how people sort themselves out like laundry piles and help establish the echo chambers needed for the media outlets to succeed.
Aren't we in the echo chamber of people who think that mainstream media is bullshit and therefore muted them?
I'm not sure if it's well hidden. It seems more like cults form around ideas. It's right there out in the open but the people sucked in don't notice.
You mentioned here at the end we're in the cult of those who automatically dismiss the mainstream media. I observed the alternative media chanting those ideas, nonstop, for many years. I observed their followings then repeat it, for many years. As I wrote, I feel the social media, mainstream media, alternative media is all the same. It's all bullshit. Bullshit is an artform.