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comment by OftenBen

News is meant to incite emotion?





Deltron_0  ·  2922 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah I'm pretty sure that's what news IS today. The intent for news is to inform... but anyone with some interest in following the money behind these organizations today would be quite lame not to consider the effect media bias has on what is covered and how it is covered.

veen  ·  2922 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I was thinking of this, which someone wrote in a Dutch article:

    [News's] basic ingredients are conflict, upset and threats; it stirs up emotions like indignation, anger and fear.