A cheap leftist trope

Love me some Payday Report, but in this post, there's something wrong with:

While most media outlets have ignored the election ...

Especially when not followed by, but preceded by:

For more, check out CNN Brasil.

Now, Mike Elk isn't alone; I see this enough in certain circles of the left to call it a trope. Doesn't make it any more true.

Now, most the time, there's never the second half to this, even.

You'll just see, especially on Twitter, "The media hasn't covered X ..." when a quick Google will show that's bullshit. Usually it comes from conspiracy-minded leftists, which Elk does not strike me as.

Wingers don't do this because it's part of their cultural DNA to assume the MSM isn't telling the truth. For them, it works in reverse, when Fox, the actual news, not the talking head opiners, actually agree with the MSM.