The media is that girl at the club who goes up to a group of guys and cry's to them that you grabbed her ass and called her a bitch so that she can sit back and laugh while watching the fight.
It didn’t happen, but it gets her drama, attention and free drinks.
Human beings have agency, nobody is obligated to buy into the media, but they do and that's on them. You can't light a fire if the wood is not already dry and people seem to forget that many people grow up in homes where they are taught to hate and distrust especially in minority communities, you know "the talk".
The media is that girl at the club who goes up to a group of guys and cry's to them that you grabbed her ass and called her a bitch so that she can sit back and laugh while watching the fight.
It didn’t happen, but it gets her drama, attention and free drinks.
Drama = Headlines.
Attention = clicks.
Free drinks = ad revenue.
Human beings have agency, nobody is obligated to buy into the media, but they do and that's on them. You can't light a fire if the wood is not already dry and people seem to forget that many people grow up in homes where they are taught to hate and distrust especially in minority communities, you know "the talk".
You ever read John Derbyshire’s Verizon of “The Talk”?
Just read it, articulates the problem well. Some points that parents now need to add are: