Jun 14
7 min read
Information vs The Lust for Hatred
The author, Matt Taibbi* is talking about his experience and observations as part of the media:
“We started to turn the ongoing narrative into something like a religious contract, in which the idea was not just to make you mad but to keep you mad, whipped up into a state of emotional anger.”
*HATE INC.: Why Today’s Media Makes us Despise one Another, Matt Taibbi, O/R Publishing, 2019, p. 3
“Once safely captured, we’re trained to consume the news the way sports fans do. We root for our team, and hate all the rest.
