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nihilistic lizard-brain sensationalism
by noteworthy at 7:23 am EST, Nov 30, 2015

P. J. O'Rourke:

I wonder, when was the last time a talk show changed a mind?

Matt Taibbi:

What we call right-wing and liberal media in this country are really just two different strategies of the same kind of nihilistic lizard-brain sensationalism. The ideal CNN story is a baby down a well, while the ideal Fox story is probably a baby thrown down a well by a Muslim terrorist or an ACORN activist. Both companies offer the same service, it's just that the Fox version is a little kinkier.

When you make the news into this kind of consumer business, pretty soon audiences lose the ability to distinguish between what they think they're doing, informing themselves, and what they're actually doing, shopping.

And who shops for products he or she doesn't want?

Metafilter Wisdom:

If you are not paying for it, you're not the customer; you're the product being sold.


 
 
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