Why is News now contrived?

Question

Why is News now contrived to fear monger and cause depression

Answer 1

Best answer

it always was .. hitler pioneered using media for propaganda and its just been refined ever since ..

Answer 2

Organisations like the BBC have their own agenda. In the BBC's case it is the agenda paid for by the EU.

Answer 3

Because news is now a profit center. The more viewers/clicks, the more money.

Answer 4

Because it is spun to suit commercial or voting needs more than ever, but always was given a trouble-making spin in connection with international politics. Foreign radio and now TV is full anti-Western propaganda even though there is some truth in the stories.

Like the Zimmermann letter (Germany will help Mexico to get the stolen Mexican states back if it doesn't stay out of the European war) dragged the USA into WW1.

Answer 5

For profit news programming needs to draw in viewers in order to sell ads, so the goal is to give viewers what they want

Answer 6

because boomers came into power , being the ones being reported about for committing so many atrocities and also for running the companies themselves and making sure they seem depressing