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(blog) The media, government, narrative, division and the stigmatization of the American populace

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     Cody Franklin of Alternatehistoryhub once did a piece describing how the American media fuels a cycle of violence. A particular pattern that has been fueled by news media outlets acting as both a source of information, and a piece of entertainment that capitalizes off of the tragedies that have affected us in recent years. And it is only getting worse. But this issue has since, been expanded into multiple different areas. There are a lot of ground to cover in this piece so I am going to highlight a few of these points. Some of which has already been done by Cody in the video. Violence sells, debate sells, controversy sells, and much more. I've wanted to make this for a while now and I figured 1. Stigmatization, ostracism, and anger. 2. The power of suggestion and influence. 3. Creating hatred. 4. Failure of the establishments and government. 1. The first point we will cover over is in regards to how far people will push others into conformity, and reject those who