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I think this is overly simplistic; the media both follows the most base desires of the populace to seek advertising dollars and also shapes the narrative. There
by wfo 10y ago
I think this is overly simplistic; the media both follows the most base desires of the populace to seek advertising dollars and also shapes the narrative. There's a lot of back and forth there. We don't know what we want, the media tells us what we should want, and then we want it.
The media certainly propped up Trump quite a bit starting from the primaries (preferring to show empty Trump podiums instead of other candidates, for example), it's the wholesale merge of news and entertainment that's the reason why, because he's both at the same time.
- Fricken 10y agoViewers stop changing the channel when Trump is on screen. That's all there is to that. When the media spins something up into a narrative, they're just grabbing those narrative devices out of a hat full of tricks that have worked in the past to engage viewers. I've got 15 years working in media. There's no conspiracy, it's just run of the mill shameless opportunism. 'Look at that, they're eating this shit up, feed them more!'