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Why the news media's job is to groom us
Cook, Jonathan
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. Subject Headings |