You did well by saying, "it's important to note that the media class on both major political sides in the US have very similar incentives to act poorly and stok

You did well by saying, "it's important to note that the media class on both major political sides in the US have very similar incentives to act poorly and stoke knee-jerk fear." By giving examples of it, you're falling into the same trap that the media does. Exciting prose isn't always better prose.