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tymorial

(3,433 posts)
5. Is this really that surprising?
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 10:00 PM
Jun 2015

6 corporations own 90% of the news media. Consider the behavior of the news media. They sensationalize any and every story that can possibly evoke an emotional response in the consumer. They exploit tragedy and victims. Supposed journalism has devolved to repeated the same story over and over again with different headlines to keep consumers coming back. Each page count means more ads seen. Each click generates revenue that these corps could only dream of "back in the day." Yahoo has been pushing paid advertising as "news" for a while now. "Wall Street is going to Crash" "Ron Paul predicts doom and destruction" bla bla bla... find how how you can avoid having your balls cut off by paying $49.99 for this new book. Sadly, I do not see a resolution to this problem. Too many people are slaves to their news feeds, not realizing they are being manipulated. The 4th estate is dead and has been for a long time.

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