media filter

Mass media "filters" filtered out new stories and facts that are presented in major local, regional, national and international news media outlets. The five classes of media "filters" are:

1) Ownership, especially when media ownership is consolidated and participatory with regards to self and special interests.
2) Funding sources include both internal and external sources of financing the reporting.
3) Sourcing - where sources can influence action taking advantage of their value to the source, and which can negatively affect access and reliability, and punish those that negatively impact the source or the sources constituents.
4) Flak - negative responses to a media statement, article, or program. It can be lawsuits, intimidation, violence, boycott and destroying livelihood.
5) "being branded fear activating ideology that is not accepted by the hegemony". - communist, socialist, liberal, etc.

The reporter could not get past the media filters with his highly controversial stories, even though they were well documented and fact-checked.

by mlhiss December 15, 2019

dildo filter

To reconsider advice given by a so-called "expert." Rather than listen to a man’s advice, a woman can consider his more optimal replacement.

He told me a woman's place was in the kitchen, so I put that thought through the dildo filter.

by whoisthepoet August 18, 2016

link filtering

The act of asking "What's this?" before opening a link sent by a friend using a communication medium, such as AIM or text. This implies to your friend that sent the link that you either don't trust them, or you think their links are not interesting, usually telling them not to send you another link again, no matter how awesome it is. Also the friend wouldn't want to spoil the fun, so it gets them angry.

Julie: www.youtube.com//24e65345645
Julie: Check this out!!
John: What's this?
Julie: WTFUX U link filtering me for?

by thatguy2354 March 11, 2009

No filter February

Girls can’t use Snapchat insta etc filters for the month of February

It’s no filter February said John to the girls

by anonymous November 11, 2020

Minecraft pop filter

When someone thinks they have a pop filter on in a video but don’t and it’s just straight BASS

Check out my latest video. You have 5 to subscribe or you will get minecraft pop filtered irl

by Mxsked January 31, 2020

filtered

A pejorative term typically used by 4chan users on the Video Games board to indicate the subject has been victim of a casual filter. It is typically used facetiously to call someone bad at a game as an insult. Can be used in other contexts, e.g. calling oneself bad at the game.

See also "casual filter"; "skill issue"

-"Game is fun when you don't get insta-killed by some random enemy off-screen at the end of your run"
-"Filtered"

-"Hey guy this game filtered me pretty hard, can someone offer me tips so I can stop being trash?"

by Extimous July 24, 2023

Filter joint

A small joint in which a filter is rolled and marijuana is put in the tip of the filter and hit like a one hitter. Reported to get the average person higher than normal because of the close contact of the marijuana to the mouth. The shorter distance allows less THC to be wasted, hence the reason a filter is used.

Hey, all I have is .02, want to smoke a filter joint?

by The Big Puffer December 28, 2014