Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another?
Fundamentally, I make the compelling case that today’s bipolar media outlets not only box us into two separate camps but make us despise one another. Here, I argue that the bipolar media outlets did create the causes and conditions for the tangible manifestation of hate to arise, and to a greater extent, people are merely the emanating product of that social construct generated by bipolar media outlets– where certain aspects of human behavior, identity, and understanding are shaped and internalized by social and cultural influences — such as the shaping of the conservative voice (read: the woke mob, transgender movement, and the BLM freaks are on the rise) by Fox News, the construction of the liberal agenda (read: the far-right, white, Christian and racist conservatives are on the rise) by legacy media outlets such as CNN and MSNBC and the psychological conditioning of hate between these two broad camps. Before long, we’re both obedient soldiers and political puppets framed and manipulated by both sides, going to a war that we didn’t start, fighting a war that doesn’t end — but wait, aren’t wars supposed to end? Unfortunately, to draw in a larger audience of viewers or readers, bipolar media outlets prioritize sensationalism and the single-minded promotion of extreme viewpoints, arousing emotional-fueled responses, fomenting hostility, and exacerbating polarization in the pure pursuit of profit. The effect of sensationalized conflict — where bipolar media outlets focus exclusively on divisive conflicts and national and international controversies at the expense of national unity and intergenerational harmony, speaks to the power inherently wielded by these outlets. Most notably, the bipolar media outlets’ overemphasis on personalities over policies and focus on sensationalizing personal conflicts between public figures diverts attention from substantive policy discussions.
0 Comments