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Big Tech, The Middle Class and America “Adrift” with Scott Galloway

News Not Noise

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How Do You Think Extremism and Polarization Are Feeding the News Media?

The number one source, the number one attribute or emotion to make an article go viral is anger. So cable news is figured out, you gotta freak out people, you gotta get angry for to be successful. And then you have social media that comes in with algorithms that are benign. They're not good. They're just totally indifferent and says, okay, we're a Tyrannosaurus Rex,. We're drawn towards violence and movement. If America's ills were a horror movie, Jessica, the calls coming from inside of the house, geopolitically, I don't think we've ever been stronger relative to anyone else.

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