lamestream media
- noun
- /ˈleɪmˌstrim ˈmiːdiə/
- Offensive
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medios de la corriente principal (despectivo)
- The criticism of the lamestream media often centers around its perceived lack of originality and bias.
Examples
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Furthermore, it simply shows that we on the right are still way, way too caught up in our own image with regard to the lamestream media and the left.
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Starting with Obama, who is trying to brainwash the citizens of our country through the lamestream media.
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Many people believe that the lamestream media fails to present unbiased coverage of political events.
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In discussions about current events, he frequently dismisses the lamestream media as unreliable and sensationalist.
Synonyms
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Organizations like newspapers and TV that report and share news
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Mainstream news media seen as biased, dull, and not trustworthy
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Traditional news sources like newspapers, radio, and television
A news outlet people see as boring, unoriginal and not trustworthy
How Mainstream
- Offensive
- Literature
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is transparently built from 'lame' + 'mainstream' (a derogatory blend) combined with 'media', so its insulting target — mainstream news outlets perceived as poor or biased — is directly inferable from the parts. A B1 learner who knows 'lame', 'mainstream', and 'media' would readily understand the pejorative meaning without prior exposure.
Etymology
The phrase lamestream media comes from combining lame and mainstream as a sharp joke. It creates a picture of big news outlets as weak, boring, or biased, so people use it to say the media is 'untrustworthy' or 'unoriginal'.