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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
A thousand true things happen in a day. Which ones do you publicize? Who do you cast in the role of hero/victim and who do you cast in the role of villain/oppressor? Those are choices, and those choices are made to craft a narrative. In the U.S. those narratives have hardened into a binary, existential Us vs Them struggle.
The real world is not binary. But statistics and complex trends are not emotionally appealing. Nobody wants those stories. They're boring and hard to present. They don't sell. And the liberal media is just as guilty as the conservative media of crafting narratives that will sell to their audience.
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Who says media needs to be profitable?
I'd argue that the more financially successful the publication, the worse the quality of their journalism.