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All I'll say on this subject is that some people love to play 'Let's you and him fight'. Politicians are masters of the game.
So are ex's but that's another thread
Whether you agree with Antifa, or whether you dislike white supremacists, you need to understand the power of the media for shaping public-opinion.
Lets pretend that hypothetically, all of the media "supported" Donald Trump, how would that affect public-opinion? If all of the major corporate media interests came out in support of some war in the Middle-East or Asia, how would that affect public-opinion?
The media is currently being used for a specific purpose, to push an agenda. If the media simply stopped trying to fan the flames, things wouldn't be as they are. But they are doing so for a reason. And it is dangerous.
I think you are too cynical. I do not think the media is out to divide us. I think the majority of media outlets lean left, and a few lean right. I don't think there is a strategy to divide.
I think they are playing the by the Rahm Emanuel playbook of, "You never let a serious crisis go to waste."
What is the media? Please define it. Are you lumping all print, tv programing, movies, fiction, non fiction, plays yada yada?
The media is a private institution, which exists for private-profit. Generally-speaking, you are referring to multi-billion-dollar international corporate conglomerates, which are used to further the interests of those who fund them, often at the expense of the people, by manipulating information, as to control public-opinion.
People on both the left and right have been yelling about it for years. People like Noam Chomsky, George Carlin, as well as countless others. If you don't understand who the media are, and what their job is, then there is probably no helping you.
It's the media. What happened was a tragedy but the media is going out of its way to try and foment more problems by running this over and over and over to try and cause strife in order to divide us.
Are they really trying to create more strife?
Or just boost their ratings and fill hour after hour of '24 hour news".
24 hour news has been the downfall of our society, IMO.
I don't think you're right, but let's say you are. What exactly will a jury have reasonable doubt about ? Remember, 2nd degree murder in Virginia doesn't require premeditation or intent.
The definition of murder is an intentional killing.
The most that'll possibly stick is involuntary manslaughter, but even that's doubtful as the death happened as a result of fleeing an attack.
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