However, that narrative can’t go too far in turning off people on one side of the issue unless the “news” outlet aims to only cater to the other side.
This is literally why the media can seem so biased in the US, because to a large extent it is. They have a market audience they’ve decided to create content for, there is an intended audience. It’s not entirely what one side or the other would believe: biased to manipulate but more like biased in that they aim for a specific audience to serve ads to.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Media does not find or aim for a specific market. They create it through propaganda. This is not media catering to groups, it is media creating groups. This is the feedback loop. While there may have been some original audience to cater to at some mythical time we are far beyond that now.