LogGrad98
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This is a result of the current quagmire of self-aggrandizing outrage our society is stuck in, and media outlets trying to cash in. They push anything and everything that could remotely be viewed as outrage in hopes of getting more outrage addicts to jump on the bandwagon to drive clicks and views. This is the rotten foundation of internet media eating away at anything substantial. Any port in a storm? Any tweet that implies moral outrage in a click-bait fight online.
For more evidence check out nearly anything yahoo puts out there as news. It is usually a line or 2 about how everyone in America is pissed at Trump and his supporters and why you should be too, with a minor intro into whatever "story" they are currently pushing, then 30 tweets from random people you have never heard of circle-jerking in the outrage frenzy, which obviously proves everyone in America is pissed off and you should be too (!!1!!!). It makes me yearn for the days when we actually had media outlets that actually did reporting and investigation. Those are rapidly going the way of the dodo.
For more evidence check out nearly anything yahoo puts out there as news. It is usually a line or 2 about how everyone in America is pissed at Trump and his supporters and why you should be too, with a minor intro into whatever "story" they are currently pushing, then 30 tweets from random people you have never heard of circle-jerking in the outrage frenzy, which obviously proves everyone in America is pissed off and you should be too (!!1!!!). It makes me yearn for the days when we actually had media outlets that actually did reporting and investigation. Those are rapidly going the way of the dodo.
