In no way does this ever excuse violence, but maybe it should be considered that ordinary people have legitimate reasons to disdain "the media" as a nebulous conceptual entity, given all the horrendous failings that the media has been complicit in over the years
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if you've detached from it and find it to be such a nebulous entity why do you think so many ordinary people have a justified reason to disdain it?
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Because when considered as a whole, it's reasonable for people to believe that "the media" often has a deleterious effect on society. I tend to share that view. However, I'd never use that generalization to preemptively tarnish any individual journalist
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