“Explainer” is now right up there with “problematic” as one of my least favorite new words. “You totally don’t have to think or research for yourself because I’m ‘explaining’ all this complex legal stuff for you. I’m an expert even though I’m a reporter and not a lawyer. And don’t worry, this is totally objective because it says ‘explainer’ instead of ‘editorial’ or ‘opinion,’ even though it’s actually just my non-expert opinion.”
Yes. The media is now just in the business of explaining: “Here’s how we want you to think about some stuff”.