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SOUND_THE_ALARMIST

                                             February 04, 2020
                                             October  04, 2022

The alarmist media complaint.

From back in 2020 on reddit:             https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/eys03w/everyone_calm_down_iowas_caucus_snafu_is_a_minor/fgjf9xc/

Teanaway99 wrote:

    "Frankly, the entertainment news organizations
    are guilty of pumping up the hysteria for
    this. Words like 'MELTDOWN!', 'DISASTER',
    'EMBARRASSMENT!'. It's all clickbait and I'm
    really disappointed again by irresponsible
    editors and copy writers."


King_of_the_G1ngers wrote:

    "I do blame the 24 hour news cycle channels but
    also people. They only do that because we the
    consumers react to these antics and generate
    profits.


                                              https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/eys03w/everyone_calm_down_iowas_caucus_snafu_is_a_minor/fgjhi3s/

soul_of_the_thing wrote:


    "'They only do that because we the consumers react to
    these antics and generate profits.'

    "Yeah but we don't do that consciously. Nobody
    asks you 'hey, would you like to help generate
    advertising profits that you'll never see a dime
    of by being scared all the time by headlines that
    don’t adequately reflect reality, under the guise
    of us informing you?'

    "It's a form of abuse where one side gets all the
    benefits and where the stakes aren't clear to the
    participants on whose participation the whole
    system rests, and that takes advantage of an
    absolutely normal human need to know what's going
    on in their world and with their tribe."



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