Television in the US has long had an astonishing reach. Even in 2021, there are media companies in the US that operate on a segmented market with notorious cont

Television in the US has long had an astonishing reach. Even in 2021, there are media companies in the US that operate on a segmented market with notorious control (e.g. Fox). Would you say that the difference between television (TV) and social media (SM) is that TV can only push the propaganda from a central server, whereas SM provides the push of propaganda as well as mutual reinforcement through sharing comments? I find it all quite deplorable, I assure you. But I really think the "toxicity" is a precursor to the expression of the "toxic" opinions. They already existed, but were hushed by the shame of direct attribution in regular public discourse.