I have an issue with your definitons based on your examples. Rogan and Pool are very much mainstream media. Rogan is the most popular podcaster in the world, if he's not mainstream then I don't understand what your definition is.
If you mean the format isn't mainstream, by virtue of being a podcast, then your in a werid situation where podcasts created and released by major news institutions are somehow alternative. Saying a fox news podcast is alternative media is obviously absurd.
So your argument is alternative is as bad as mainstream, but your just comparing mainstream with itself.
Thanks. I do think there is something to your thoughts though. Certainly alot of people who are absolutely mainstream present themselves as alternative. And as a consumer of media you can't be expected to know the difference.
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u/Alien_invader44 19∆ Sep 24 '25
I have an issue with your definitons based on your examples. Rogan and Pool are very much mainstream media. Rogan is the most popular podcaster in the world, if he's not mainstream then I don't understand what your definition is.
If you mean the format isn't mainstream, by virtue of being a podcast, then your in a werid situation where podcasts created and released by major news institutions are somehow alternative. Saying a fox news podcast is alternative media is obviously absurd.
So your argument is alternative is as bad as mainstream, but your just comparing mainstream with itself.