Yep. The problem I have with 90% of finger-wagging thinkpieces is that they fail to recognize this basic property of the medium.https://twitter.com/punicgoddess/status/988109582445592576 …
Sure, absolutely, such pieces can be infuriatingly reductive. Yet we can’t deny or ignore that media can have a profound impact on people’s values and beliefs, and I think criticism needs to account for that as well, when appropriate.