TheDwZ@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 15 hours agoAnalysis: Charlie Kirk’s death shows political violence is now a feature of US lifewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1347arrow-down127
arrow-up1320arrow-down1external-linkAnalysis: Charlie Kirk’s death shows political violence is now a feature of US lifewww.theguardian.comTheDwZ@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 15 hours agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·12 hours agoChomsky frequently talks about how the media narrative creates “worthy” victims vs. “unworthy” victims. I think what we have in the cases you mention are examples of the “unworthy” victims.
minus-squareIlandar@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up20·12 hours agoManufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, for anyone who hasn’t read it.
minus-squareShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·12 hours agoIt’s almost like white conservative men get to be the worthy victims.
Chomsky frequently talks about how the media narrative creates “worthy” victims vs. “unworthy” victims.
I think what we have in the cases you mention are examples of the “unworthy” victims.
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, for anyone who hasn’t read it.
It’s almost like white conservative men get to be the worthy victims.