Intent and News worthiness

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Intent makes news:

Its very important for us as readers and viewers to understand that when modern media franchises claim neutrality in reporting news, such a claim is never truly verifiable or conclusive.

The news worthiness of any ‘news’ is decided by the policy makers dependant on their policy. Which explicitly outlines the  ‘slant’ ( focus)  news should have to make it sellable.

None of it is new to this world. Many are aware of this intentional focus on specific issues.

What everyone is not aware of is the effect of spreading a specific ‘focus’ daily on a mass level.

Chomsky has been discussing this ‘ manufacturing of consent’ and ‘creation of news worthiness’ for decades now.

The subtle trickling and manufacturing of a specific focus throughout generations has actually succeeded in creating a reality overflowing with resentment , vengeance and hopelessness.

Our collective psyche as a nation has become that of an ‘Anti-social Narcissist’.

We see the bug buzzing and our paranoia increases every passing second.

The bug needs to be taken care off!

While the serpent coils itself slowly up our necks!

We feel the choking isolation of our strangled reality but our dread in facing the reality forces us to focus on the bug in its stead.

Breaking News:

“A bug managed to infect a healthy adult while a serpent tried to protect him”

Happy news watching everyone!

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