The degree to which the media loves to give tons of coverage to marginal far-right agitators never ceases to fascinate me
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This trend is so extreme that I'm pretty sure a good chunk of far-right agitators are at it not out of ideological conviction but out of a desire for media coverage. They simply optimized for what would drive the most attention
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This happens even if they are not aware of it themselves. Whatever grabs our attention bubbles up regardless of its value to society and whether it's right/wrong.
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it serves two other purposes too - makes the media feel and tell us that they are unbiased and then write up click bait headlines.
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scary music: 'The rise of multiculturism around the world...next we'll discuss the dangers of people trying to be nicer to each other'
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Definitely. Candace Owens, for example, ran a number of clickbait "news" sites that catered to both left and right until she found out it was easiest to pitch wild conspiracy theories to the right. Planet Money had a good episode on people who do this: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/12/02/504155809/episode-739-finding-the-fake-news-king …
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My impression is that the media attention reserved to extremists is meant to provoke a disproportionate reaction from the viewer. I’m not sure who is the agitator here or who is actually having the worst impact on society?
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clearly.
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