See also “antifa and the fascists they protest: just the same?” and “massage parlour attack: is the perpetrator a victim?”
One thing I’ll give the MSM is that they’ve made an effort over the years to ensure that the people Just Asking Questions aren’t all privileged white-presenting males; the same can’t be said for the chin-strokers on BBS’s and social media going back decades. Also, a two-way medium means Internet forums have to deal with a stubborn stream of logical fallacies in follow-up support of all the JAQing off.