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Who'd have thought that if people could choose their own news, they'd choose the stories that made them angry? We take it for granted now, but it really is surprising. Cynical editors used to think "if it bleeds, it leads" was as low as you could go. But people like anger more.
Hypothesis: Maybe news has become a business (like alcohol and virtual goods) where revenue is disproportionately driven by heavy consumers (aka "whales"), and they are driving this. Maybe 5% of the population is insatiably angry. Talk radio suggests this is plausible.
Further hypothesis: A publication or news show can't simultaneously induce anger on the right and the left. So the high-minded, politically neutral news outlet like e.g. the NYT or WaPo used to be, is a thing of the past. Now they have to pick sides. Certainly the NYT has.
To the extent this is what the news is becoming, it's something to avoid. When I was a kid, it was impressive to consume a lot of news. Someone who subscribed to 5 newspapers would brag about that. But it's not impressive to consume a lot of Fox News. It's not even neutral.
There’s only so many hours in a day, can a media whale get that big?
Can you clarify your point about talk radio?
Sadly it's the loudest, or most extreme, that are heard the most
Where is the new wave beergarten?
If you accept attention spans are decreasing and comprehension works by reading->believing->critical thinking if there is time, the news cycle has become one large confirmation bias loop w/ no critical thinking. It isn’t a 5% problem but system wide. We’ve studied it.
Then if you can extract beliefs / motivation (the why) you can move people. We used our tech last year for the elections (see below) before moving to commercial applications.https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/russia-s-influence-campaigns-may-be-more-sophisticated-than-we-thought-20181218-p50mya.html …
What is the GINI coefficient of the Aggravation Economy? 
People like to complain. News at 11.
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