it's really interesting to see some socialists, who typically hold the line that the corporate press in general—so, both its liberal and conservative sides, and where those two points meet—are censorious and do not accurately reflect the reality of our world, suddenly come out with the (truthful) assertion that conservative media outlets are claiming to be the voices of those censored by liberal outlets as though the idea of censorship in the liberal press itself is a conservative conspiracy. like, by your own admission, that's not the case!

it absolutely should be spoken about how conservatives are pushing certain narratives via million-dollar business deals, but for an accurate picture to be painted you must also admit that certain narratives they are fighting against are themselves liberal narratives pushed by other ruling class elites and backed via million-dollar business deals lmao. conservatives can co-opt genuine discontent not only because they have such huge reach and influence, but because there is genuine dissatisfaction in the public that is not finding an organic outlet and thus can be taken advantage of, and this is partly because the liberal media does not actually give a shit about any of those people. conservative capitalists who similarly don't give a shit can pose as the counterculture and drain life and support from what could have been meaningful mass movements.

many liberal movements are also co-opted movements that used to have actual substance, like LGBT. but big money is funded into that movement now in various ways, it's one among many that have become compromised unfortunately. if you're going to admit that Marxists and socialists would never get some of the seed money that various conservative start-ups and projects are receiving, you have got to admit that along those lines, many of these liberal movements posing as leftist are in no way shape or form Marxist or socialist. or, for that matter, feminist.