Legacy media might be the best word. @HODL was calling them ‘corporate’ media, which is better than mainstream obviously, but might inadvertently give capitalism a bad name… I also like how legacy is temporal and shows how these entities are already part of the past. Yup legacy media it is!
I call it state sponsored propaganda often as well.
Fake News gets to the point and is accurate
Fake news is good, but has become a bit of a meme. Propaganda is a trigger word that makes people who aren’t awake yet (idiots) take it more seriously.
Too trump related since he popularized it
Definitely accurate though
Propaganda ✅
State sponsored: I’m sure in multitudes of ways…I might need to look into this more ❓🤨
Hits harder than legacy media ✅
state sponsored propaganda > legacy media > corporate media > mainstream media
🤔 I’m also going to swap out ‘government’ for ‘state’ going forward