It's scary how many people on this planet allow themselves to be mentally conditioned by the media. The governments no longer need a propaganda department. That's the media's job now.
Meanwhile, their corporate overlords are just
Media is just a business like any other and their goal is to make money. You'll make more money on retarded feel good / feel bad stories and stretch them out over days. Meanwhile, stories with scientific or economic substance lag behind and are usually just inserts before the top of the next hour where they'll just recap their bullshit pieces once the clock rolls over. Facts are boring and have nothing to do with feelings. Look at the current social climate right now.