Could this be the real Fake media? nytimes.com/2021/09/26/bus…
The news is about 90% negative (violence, crime corruption etc) and the rest press releases. If a publication only pushes constructive news they lose audience. The news needs to scare to read the ads so they can scare you more so you look at more ads. hbr.org/1995/05/why-th…
but wait...when it comes to entertainment...not negative content. Americans prefer comedy. So why does the news dabble in shock and sensationalism? Could it be the medium is the message. 80% of us use their phones to ingest news. #DoomScrollers pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021… 
Public Service Announcement. Stop doomscrolling. Get your news from smart funny people not yer damn phone. Paging @iamjohnoliver insidescience.org/news/science-d…
So the question I have is: Why are almost all humorous
news shows left wing? What is about the right that prevents them from seeing things in a humorous or satirical light? If you have any right wing news slash comedy shows that are funny... toss em up. ranker.com/list/best-tv-c…
news shows left wing? What is about the right that prevents them from seeing things in a humorous or satirical light? If you have any right wing news slash comedy shows that are funny... toss em up. ranker.com/list/best-tv-c…
"Anxious individuals quickly orient to negative cues, so threatening headlines capture attention rapidly, and they find it hard to disengage once they are reading negative information." news.virginia.edu/content/what-d…
Doomscrolling is also a gateway drug for psyops and propaganda from foreign nations who want to mislead and divide. Terrified people, constantly triggered by negative headlines (real or invented) is poisoning America. standuprepublic.com/joe-biden-isnt…
This is not new.....one of my fave futurists: 1964: Canadian professor Marshall McLuhan: "In a culture like ours, long accustomed to splitting and dividing all things as a means of control" - The Medium is the Message web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/mc…
"it is sometimes a bit of a shock to be reminded that, in operational and practical fact, the medium is the message..that is, of any extension of ourselves—result from the new scale that is introduced into our affairs by each extension of ourselves, or by any new technology".
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