Most 'news' out there is not really news it is selling an agenda. Even 'the young turks' are selling something. That something may not even be a physical product. It usually is just simple propaganda.
I consider myself a republican. However, fox news is a farce tabloid news organization. Unfortunatly fox news has co-opted the banner of republican to sell air time and advertisements and whatever agenda they want to sell. They took the CNN formula and amped it up for 'republicans'. It started off with good intentions (believe it or not it was actually decent at first). But as it has gone along it has become just a soapbox for whatever crazy idea they can come up with and put it under the 'republican' brand. And make no mistake republican/democrat is nothing more than a brand and a market segment to these people.
Frankly it pisses me off.
Democrats have in many ways taken the tact of the same method but put it under the 'comedy' brand of the Colbert report, the daily show, and the young turks. Which are amusing dont get me wrong. But they are little more than to me thinly veiled ad-hominem attacks. Which to a good segment of the viewing audience they like (as the republicans are the bad guys, and your not as ridiculous as they are, are you?).
But make no mistake about what these things are, they are *NOT* news. They are entertainment and product placement is everywhere. But many people confuse it for real news. It is like taking those tabloid rags you see at the grocery story as real news. Every once and awhile these news-entrainment channels actually do real news. But no one takes them seriously as they tarnish what they are by being so gaudy. Notice on all of those stations what is in the prime time slots, talking heads, spouting opinions.
We are the product. We are what is sold to advertisers. Who in turn want to sell us something by using cognitive bias. This has been going on for years. They have it down to a finely honed art.
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