All media "woke" or otherwise manipulate peoples minds, emotions and bodies - that is their business model. Shock, horror, scandal, murder and mayhem sell more newspapers. So too movies both big screen and the now very popular streaming series.
Televised war is good for business. You could watch the shock-and-awe bombing of Baghdad in full colour and with real time sound too. Without the sound of terrified screams, the sighting of smithereened bodies and rivers of blood.
Many years ago a news service was put in place which only dealt with good news stories - it very soon went out of business. Some "news" papers decided to feature only good news and headlines on its first few pages. As a reponse significant numbers of people phoned the publishers wanting to know as to what happened to the "news" - the good news experiment was soon abandoned.
All media "woke" or otherwise manipulate peoples minds, emotions and bodies - that is their business model. Shock, horror, scandal, murder and mayhem sell more newspapers. So too movies both big screen and the now very popular streaming series.
Televised war is good for business. You could watch the shock-and-awe bombing of Baghdad in full colour and with real time sound too. Without the sound of terrified screams, the sighting of smithereened bodies and rivers of blood.
Many years ago a news service was put in place which only dealt with good news stories - it very soon went out of business. Some "news" papers decided to feature only good news and headlines on its first few pages. As a reponse significant numbers of people phoned the publishers wanting to know as to what happened to the "news" - the good news experiment was soon abandoned.