“Both western and eastern media are bad” has “neither Washington nor Moscow/Beijing” vibes. Which basically translate to meaning “stop calling out my intellectual dishonestly and let me support white fascists in peace.”

For those interested in an analysis and takedown of the trope: https://www.qiaocollective.com/articles/the-fallacy-of-denouncing-both-sides-of-the-us-china-conflict/

Only capitalist media is bad aka The Western one.