Some may think it is irrelevant but I think capitalism plays a role. News are like 90% fucking terrible, horrible news. I really can’t bring myself to watch news. killed… massacred… evil… That’s all the reporters say.
I can watch the goriest movies but when I just as much hear a mother literally threw her baby to dumpster (that’s real and probably happens a lot) I can’t… I can’t continue watching… So sickening. And people watch news with meals? During brekfast? Dinner?
I think news under capitalism focus on the worst points of humanity as bad news sell better than cheering news I imagine. It is also the direct result of capitalism that people are so fucking savage.
news agencies that are driven by market value will always publish stories that are bound to get them the most sales, and to give them an edge on the competitive market, they bend the events and use creative language to further skew reality. Why report on a boy petting a dog, when you can report on the boy’s neo-nazi mother? Why publish a wholesome story about a man who donated to charity, when you can twist it into a drama?
Nooooo, the boy’s mother isn’t a neo-Nazi, she’s a brave nationalist with a few right-wing ideas and some unfortunate tattoos
So what if she’s attended NSM rallies, is a Klan member, and has been arrested 12 times for aggravated assault of racial minorities? the dog is adorable tho. See, look at the cute doggie.