Skill Level: Intermediate
What This Tool Is
Media Blind Spots are stories that one side of the political spectrum chooses not to cover because the truth threatens their power, narrative, or donor network. Calling out those gaps forces accountability, widens public awareness, and disrupts propaganda bubbles.
Why It’s Important
In a captured media system, silence is a strategy. When half the country never hears a story, that’s not an accident — that’s information warfare. Breaking that intentional silence is one of the fastest ways to shift narrative power back to the people.
How to Use It
Step 1 — Identify the Blind Spot
Pick a major story you see covered heavily in left or center media but barely in right-leaning outlets (or vice versa).
Hint: Ground News makes this easy with their Blind Spot feed.
Step 2 — Snapshot the Evidence
Take screenshots of the unequal coverage. Example language: “Left media: 32 articles. Right media: 0. Why?”
Step 3 — Ask the Dangerous Question
Share publicly:
“What’s missing here?”
“Why isn’t [Outlet] reporting this?”
“Who benefits from silence?”
Step 4 — Tag the Source of Silence
Make the propaganda uncomfortable by tagging the media outlet or politician avoiding the story. They hate being called out in public.
Step 5 — Push the Story into New Spaces
Send it into comment sections, group chats, community Facebook groups, Discord, neighborhood listservs, union chats.Anywhere new minds might see it.
Step 6 — Record the Reaction
Screenshot replies, hostility, bots, resistance —because when they push back, you know you’re over the target.
Step 7 — Follow the Money
If silence persists, check donors, sponsors, politicians connected to the outlet. Share what you find. Silence is usually bought.
Pro Tips
- Keep messaging tight and repeatable
- Stay focused on accountability, not arguing opinions
- The point isn’t to win a debate — it’s to break the blackout
What Success Looks Like
The moment someone says
“I hadn’t heard that — thanks”
you just opened another door out of the propaganda prison.