There is a wide range of stories neither channel covers for other reasons, many of them involving the military or international financial institutions. But one story everyone can safely cover is how much we hate each other. There’s no institutional or commercial taboo that story violates. That’s why 85 SENATORS, INCLUDING PROBABLY THE ONE YOU VOTED FOR, APPROVE OBSCENE $160 BILLION MILITARY INCREASE becomes “Trump snubs McCain during bill signing.” In the modern press, agreement routinely becomes discord by the time you see it. We addict people to conflict stories so that our advertisers can
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