Why the news media's job is to groom us

http://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2024-07-10/news-media-groom/
Date Written:  2024-07-10
Year Published:  2024
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX25121

Large numbers of Palestinians and Ukrainians were killed in missile strikes days apart. The media's differing treatment of these comparable events is the clue to what the media’s really there to do. As readers, we don't, as we imagine, 'consume' news. Rather, the news consumes us. Or put another way, the media uses the news to groom us, its audience. Properly understood, the relationship is one of abuser and abused.