To this excellent piece by @dahlialithwick.bsky.social I would only add that in 99.9% of cases, the exceptions being those events the complainer witnessed themselves, the story that the “media refuses to cover” is a story the complainer heard about from the media.

https://slate.com/business/2024/03/news-algorithm-why-weve-gotten-so-bad-at-the-news.html