Newsflash
The WSJ story on Dr. Jill Biden was a troll (trolling for clicks)
The National Review story on Dr. Jill Biden is a troll
They say something offensive and outrageous to get attention, retweets, and to attain virality, it is literally the business model
The WSJ story on Dr. Jill Biden was a troll (trolling for clicks)
The National Review story on Dr. Jill Biden is a troll
They say something offensive and outrageous to get attention, retweets, and to attain virality, it is literally the business model
When you give the story oxygen, when you make it a thing, when you actually retweet the story....you are helping them make money and gain attention.
They do this on purpose
They do this on purpose
This also explains why all media - right and left - in a sense - work together....Right wing media says something we find offensive - left wing media goes crazy...left wing media says something the right finds offensive....right wing media goes crazy
It is co-productive
It is co-productive
This is also why Trump claims to hate CNN and MSNBC but secretly loves them...they are foils and helped keep him on every channel 24 hours a day
In essence, it works for the same reason millions of people watch shows like "the Real Housewives of ____"
"Did you hear what ____ said about you?" straight up works....people eat it up
"Did you hear what ____ said about you?" straight up works....people eat it up
To put it a different way...generating outrage (both ways) is the point
Generating outrage is the industry
Generating outrage is the business model
Generating outrage is the industry
Generating outrage is the business model
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