I had to explain the news to a young gal at work today. I told her that Charlottesville did not deserve any of her mental bandwidth. I explained that, if there had been no camera crews, there would have been nothing. I said that the would-be white supremacists were an insignificant handful of pathetic losers undeserving of any attention, and that the antifa were delusional loser nutjobs in the employ of Soros. I said the implicit deal between protesters and the media is that the media need drama and excitement to sell Subarus and furniture and Verizon accounts, with a side benefit of trying to make their political enemies look bad. But mostly just to sell shit that people don't really need.
Selling emotional "news" to get people talking is a desperately-competitive big business. It's not about keeping you "informed." She confessed that she had never thought about it that way, that the media makes the news so people will watch it instead of CSI re-runs. She is young and innocent, but capable of learning.
Media amplifies what it wants to, and mutes what it wants to. In some ways, though, we all fall for it. This post itself is evidence for that. Are you excited about statues and Nazis, etc? Switch to Verizon and buy a new car. Next week, the media will create a fresh excitement for us suckers. Enuf said.
