Defining terms: the Whapsters tell it like it is

I understand he was supposed to be controversial, brash and iconoclastic, which, translated from media-speak, means he said absolutely nothing to contradict modern received opinion and instead focused on making fun of anyone who wasn’t in the room at the time.

— On the late (and very smart, talented and funny despite his errors) George Carlin

Modern received opinion: socialism, political correctness and anti-Romanism.