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Journalists are less likely to do this than various activist groups. Spend 5 minutes on any politically extreme subreddit or forum and you'll see tons of posts that are just compilations of insane tweets from random accounts, some blue checks and some not. Tons of online activity just involved "nut-picking" for unhinged people on Twitter who say crazy or provocative stuff to create a narrative that this type of sentiment is everywhere.

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Of course, but there's a difference between a Bud Light ad glorifying beer, and E-B secretly funneling money towards academic studies that show positive impacts from moderate consumption of alcohol. Some groups aren't really expected to be impartial.

True, but those extremist subreddits or forums are expected to include those views. Journalists are expected to include at least somewhat more objective points of view, but they often don't.

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