GFTAnalyst

August 2022

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "GFTAnalyst", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it seems to be a role account or associated with a position. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username by completing the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. 331dot (talk) 09:11, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

It's not a role or position. I consider myself analytical. GFTAnalyst (talk) 09:20, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification. 331dot (talk) 09:20, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

Hello, I'm 331dot. I noticed that you recently removed content from Kari Lake without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. 331dot (talk) 09:17, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

I explained my original very minor edit. The reversion was not explained. "local TV anchor" is accurate and concise. "TV anchor in the local mainstream media" is repetitive with the sole purpose of adding the word "mainstream" which is meaningless except as a dog-whistle term used by conservatives to describe any media they disagree with. Please tell me what part of that you disagree with. GFTAnalyst (talk) 09:31, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

One of the sources provided for that line uses the term "mainstream", so we do, too. If you disagree with the sources' use of the term, you need to speak to them, not us. 331dot (talk) 09:54, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

The first source (Phoenix Magazine) uses the term once as follows "the 52-year-old takes a swipe at COVID-19 mask laws and CDC policy and quaintly name-drops Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine...she describes her deep disenchantment with the forces that hastened her departure from FOX 10 the previous March. (I don’t write them down, but the words “mainstream media bias” linger in my head afterward.)" Kari Lake uses the term negatively, and the author quotes her use of it specifically because it is widely used as a dog-whistle for "fake news" by conservatives.

The second source is "Deseret News" which per Wikipedia "is often assumed to reflect the values of its owner, the LDS Church". Here the term is used to highlight her distaste "It’s something Lake has played to her advantage as a former local anchor, positioning herself as a media insider who soured on the industry and calls on supporters to 'turn the media off'." And if you page search for "mainstream" or "MSM" you can see from the comments that it is widely used as a negative by conservatives.

Beyond all of that. If you still contend that it has a neutral meaning, you can't possibly argue that it adds any information that "local TV anchor" does not already convey. It is at best superfluous, so there's no reason for you to insist that it be there. Tell me what it adds if not the negative spin. GFTAnalyst (talk) 18:58, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

I personally use the term mainstream and don't think it is just a conservative pejorative. I'm not a right wing person by any means. 331dot (talk) 09:56, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

I would request that you self revert and bring the issue to the article talk page, to gain a consensus. 331dot (talk) 09:57, 5 August 2022 (UTC)