> I can't figure out why the media is doing such a terrible job covering this
I've lost hope of Hanlon's Razor at this point. It's painfully transparent how purposeful this has been at the media level, and I've come to believe that there's a very large group of voices who are perfectly fine with what's going on because the fallout "hurt the right people" in their eyes.
I believe it's imperative to be conscious of the fact that any rule of thumb can become a conventional wisdom trap given the right circumstances. This very much feels like one of them.
I've lost hope of Hanlon's Razor at this point. It's painfully transparent how purposeful this has been at the media level, and I've come to believe that there's a very large group of voices who are perfectly fine with what's going on because the fallout "hurt the right people" in their eyes.