Clear Media distortion..

[Sol]

Really most of the media you are delivered should be considered entertainment. The clue should be that almost all the stories have a sensational titles followed with a mid sentence cliffhanger, a clickbait........only to be followed with a non-performing, more opinion than fact speil,  mouthboogie. 

I have not watched network news for years, and what little I do get from the likes of NPR or Potus radio on Sirris are only marginally considered. Fox news seems to have some grains of truth at times... Beyond that, you can gleen more real news on Forums or Youtube...... sadly. The days of real news died with Walter Cronkite and more recently Peter Jennings. 
 "And thats the way it is" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5tdqojA26E

I agree. News fits more in the category of entertainment. In its more deadlier form.

The media has used entertainment for centuries as a way of manipulating our psyche. It is more effective because we embrace it willingly, and find comfort, and in some cases pleasure in it.

The direct method only works better when fear is the weapon used to beat you over the head.

The media is a tool. There is huge profit in what they are selling. I used to avoid the monetized alternative news, unless I was looking for the lie in the message they were delivering. But I have come to realize it is not always about the dollars. We have seen what they have been willing to spend, and how far they are willing to go to win the battle for our minds. It is highly profitable, and allows them to win the war with less effort on their part. 

The old adage, "Believe none of what you hear, and half of what you see", used to ring true. Not anymore. What you see is often a bigger lie than what you hear. 

So we have to rely on super powers most have forfeited, or never possessed, starting with independent thought, and commonsense.

So true!

Back in the fifties, it was the Roman Catholic Church (and others alike) who entered into your psyche, making you fear anything sinful or even remotely normal, like sex, as an example.

My grand-parents were terrified of ending up in Hell. The Clergy made sure that the message passed, either through sermons, talking with their flocks on the church porch or steps or even when visiting people door to door. They infused the fear of God into you, at every step of the way.

Churches are dead or dying so now all you've got to do, to get your gloom porn fix, is open the TV.

And they're good at it, the medias. Experts.

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