That Darn Media!

A big red flag for me is when I read someone's political comments and he refers to the media, with or without a very-not-specific modifier -- the corporate media (if he's a liberal) or the mainstream media (if he's a conservative).

Expressing that signifier is like opening a big bag of potato chips and placing it right next to yourself. Except, instead of potato chips, the bag is full of circular reasoning.