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but people are more afraid. The media has taught us to be afraid. Not maliciously so. It makes us better consumers, the metric they're paid to optimize.
by forgottenpass 12y ago
but people are more afraid.
The media has taught us to be afraid. Not maliciously so. It makes us better consumers, the metric they're paid to optimize.
- niels_olson 12y agoI walked to school, about a mile each way, every day from 3rd to 5th grade. We routinely walked to a pool over half a mile away in the summer. We walked to the dentist, we walked to the dairy store for milk. My mom would give me 75 cents and tell me to go get a gallon of milk, which gets heavy quick.
- godkingjim 12y agoFear sells. Thats it. Thats the only reason media exhaustively reports on crime. There is no corporatist/consumerist conspiracy. It sells so they do it.
- Florin_Andrei 12y ago> Not maliciously so. The vast majority of media people cannot be malicious, sure - but looking at some of the corporate higher-ups, I'm less inclined to absolve them of moral issues.