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313. The context of "media whores"

is to be deliberately disparaging and viscerally metaphorical. Interestingly, the phrase is the preferred pejorative of the Left, while "liberal media" and the VERY lame Palinoid "lamestream media" is the preferred term, on the Right.

Personally, I prefer "corporate media" which is more accurate, but less judgmental. Not that pointing out the whore in the media is something I refrain from (I am looking at you, Bob Woodward).

That said, the various terms do connote different attributes. A "media whore" will do, say or write anything which will make them money and/or the center of attention. A "media stenographer" simply writes down what both sides say, and considers their job done. The "corporate media" is the "official" institutional organizations which pick and choose the media narrative based on what is in the best interest of their bottom line. The "Chatterati" are the bitchy, snot-nosed "kewel kidz" pundits who believe they have the unique understanding of politics/society that they will deign to share with us peasants just as soon as they get back from their latest cocktail party.

Or, at least, this is how I define them.