Turns out they really just do this shit all the time to keep you watching their news.
I think it's more nefarious than ratings. I think that music, movies, the news, the radio...they're all arms of the same beast and it's all to paint a picture of reality that is nearly 100% false. I think that almost everyone you see in a news story is an actor, regardless of what the story is about. And it's all to keep us stressed out, worried, and isolated, from each other, sure...but I think ultimately it's to keep us isolated from God.
I don't think it's merely for control and consumerism, I think it's all designed to keep us spiritually dead, by keeping us separated from the main reason we're here...the spiritual experience we should be having.
My point is they use those kinds of stories to keep ratings up so they can push other subversive messages and distract you from real issues. But yeah, obviously there's a bigger agenda than just ratings. I'm not too religious and definitely don't believe in the jewish version of religion taught in every abrahamic religion but they definitely do a lot to keep us from understanding nature and real science (like biological/genetic differences).
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