Media could not comprehend altruistic motivations among student protesters

Evidence

There’s still a dimwitted lack of understanding of the nature of these actions — too many television and newspaper reporters seem to be operating under the assumption that those of the protesters who are currently students are only attempting to get their own fees waived. A moment’s consideration would of course reveal that these people will all be working and paying back their loans by the time the Browne proposals are in full effect. The inability to comprehend the idea that people can have motivations other than self-interest reveals far more about the Burleyesque sections of the media than it does about the marchers. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1516

Categorization

• SEED: An essay angle: the assumption that the only possible political motive is naked self-interest as the signature blindness of the press — how this assumption pathologises anyone who protests for general rather than personal benefit.
• XREF: connects to: Media portrayals amplify activist passion while muffling their reasoning — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics: how Americans…, 1418; The protestors deliberately staged a media event for television coverage — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York…, 299; Media castigated BLM protesters as looters to delegitimize grievances — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1142 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Media portrayals amplify activist passion while muffling their reasoning #corroborates (0.85) — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics, 1418
• The protestors deliberately staged a media event for television coverage #contradicts (0.80) — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 299
• Media castigated BLM protesters as looters to delegitimize grievances #corroborates (0.80) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1142
• Media ideology works through unspoken presumptions more than stated bias #expands (0.80) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 766
• Corporate media isolates people to invalidate their shared discontent #corroborates (0.75) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1573
• Hyper-individualized attention ironically enslaves people to media rather than freeing them #corroborates (0.75) — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 1139