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Sometimes the news stations are ragebaiting you and that sucks.
Unpopular opinion:
Sometimes there are multiple, newsworthy bad things happening at once. More and more often, THIS is the reality. Rights are under attack, people are dying, the climate is getting buggered, your privacy is up for sale, etc, etc. Maybe if we all got up off our sad, fragile asses once in awhile to vote/protest/act we could do something about it? If you're under 40 I specifically and directly mean you, especially if you read this and you feel your jimmies rustling. Shit is bad, and WE gotta fix it. Gen X+ ain't gonna get it done.
Sometimes bad shit happens again and again and instead of actually talking about why this happens again and again, the news media pretends to be "unbiased" so they ignore the racism, misogyny, bigotry, and just general rage and hatred that fuels most of it.
instead of actually focusing any time on that, and their role in it, the news media will blame the left for being "too extreme".
It's not a new phenomenon. The New York Times famously didn't report on the fucking Holocaust except in the broadest strokes.
In fact their coverage at the time was almost identical to the way they're covering the genocide in well, there are actually half a dozen in progress around the world right now.
It is basically always worth having the conversation. My gripe is with people who think the news should just be happier or who check out and want a pat on the back for it.
It is everyone's job to be informed. As fully as is reasonably possible. At least that's my perspective.
It would be nice if the news actually provided more of the background information though and not the least amount they can get away with and then repeat ad nauseam.
I appreciate that you remembered there’s a Gen X, even if you’re applying ageist stereotypes to entire generations of diverse individuals.