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

Vacuum cleaner filter

The shitty piece of foam that no one knows exists in a vacuum, main cause of clogs

Me: Ma'am, your vacuum cleaner filter was causing the no suction problem.

by Wannabe firefighter November 23, 2021

Parental filter

Noun. 1. A filter that blocks out offensive items, predetermined by the authorities that added that filter.

Alice and Bob: Since current programming has content considered inappropriate to little children, we'll install a parental filter for a bit. Is that okay?
Charlie: Is Sesame Street filtered?
Alice and Bob: No, you can still watch Sesame Street and other educational programs.
Charlie: That's all good with me.

by Modern-Webster September 12, 2021

Hobo Filter

A specialized filter that cleans digital conversations to be heard clearly and in a concise language.

"Hey did you even hear a word the boss just said?"

"No, I can't hear anything lately."

"Dude, you need to get your hobo filter cleaned!"

by Vash8504 December 15, 2011

Bypass chat filter

When you wanna say swear-word,but your favourite game filters it.So you have to create something similar that will look and sound like an original swear-word,like:
To bypass "Bitch",you can use "bict" or "btc";
When you wanna say "Fuck",use "F4"

Your typical friend:Hey bro!Do you know,how do I swear in Roblox without being filtered by chat filter?
Michael ig?:You can bypass chat filter just by replacing letter with number of remove a few letters so it won't be filtered.
Your typical friend:THANKS BROOOO!I CAN FINALLY SWEAR!!!!1!!!11!111!11111111!11
Roblox:*Bans your typical friend for bypassing*
Michael ig?:OH NOES!!MY FREN GOT BANNED😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
😭😭😭😭😏😏😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

by Blockysol September 17, 2023

insufferable bollocks filter

It's like ad blindness

My insufferable bollocks filter makes that page's content awfully difficult to parse

by Bidiot Bales July 29, 2016

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