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I Am Tired Of The Mis-direction By The Mass Media

A couple of days ago Germany was shocked by a horrific crime. An Eritrean refugee pushed a mother and her son onto train tracks in Frankfurt railway station. The kid was run over by a train and died.

Today the main newspaper in Spain (no need to say its ideology) shows this headline: 'a horrific crime is used as an excuse by German far-right to fuel xenophobia'.

What are really the intentions of western media? It is obvious that they are not just trying to change public opinion. It goes beyond that. They provoke. They try to create the spark that causes a huge fire. But what is the ultimate reason to create that untenable division in our societies?

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Ryannnnnn · 31-35, M

I suppose it's a tool for creating a narrative that then creates itself by establishing it in the first place. The more outrageous and divisive it is, the more people will read and share it, thus more money.
Outside of that there's "activist" writers who will write opinion as fact to push their ideology. I don't like this because it's not only dishonest but it creates a volatile environment where people are more extreme and radical.