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Re:US on track to set record in 2023 for mass killings after... by pphysch on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @11:37AM (#35876008)
You're telling me that "sensational and outrageous headlines" is a foreign influence operation?

Let's be serious. Yellow Journalism was thriving in its modern birthplace of USA long before PRC or RF even existed.

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Re:US on track to set record in 2023 for mass killings after... by Nanana909 on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @11:53AM (#35876283)
No, I’m telling you that sensational media is driven by demand.

Demand from consumers who interact with the internet.

Consumers who, on the internet, ONLY see upvoted comments about masa shootings and see anything talking about the more deadly issue of heart disease/obesity downvoted and mocked.

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