Reality is a team sport, to some people. Of course they describe their outgroup ‘blindly parroting western media’ the same way they blindly parrot anything contrary to western media. That’s all they think there is. You pick a side and defend it.

Feral Historian framed it as scientists versus lawyers. These people aren’t weighing the evidence… they’re building a case. ‘It’s a good way to send someone to prison, but it’s terrible for arriving at truth.’