Hate Inc.
Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another
by Matt Taibbi · first published 2019
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Extends Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent to the modern media landscape, showing how outlets profit by stoking fear and anger for engagement. Suits readers wanting a sharper filter for news and political coverage.
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…men' hitting middle age in past years typically lived in a warm bath of feel good US TV BS. In our current era television and social media are very abrasive and aggressive. Matt Taibbi's forthcoming book Hate Inc is very good on this. I wonder whether the corrosive effective of this is an element in the mass depression claimed by the Economist. Chris Hedges and Taibbi discuss on RT https://youtu.be/8_vla4l-AX8
on “Depression is increasing among Americans reaching middle age” ↗…the media for this. And I don’t just mean during this pandemic, but for the past couple decades (and especially from 2015 onward.) Dividing the audience is good for business. I really enjoyed the book Hate Inc by Matt Taibbi that examines this phenomenon.
on “Ask HN: What is your opnion on Elon Musk’s Covid-19 related tweets” ↗You’re responding to the narrative the media is pushing down your throat. My advice? Read less news and work on something positive. Be the change you want to see. I recommend the book Hate Inc by Matt Taibbi for a nice exploration of how the media profits from dividing us. Also, obligatory Aaron Swartz: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/hatethenews
on “Ask HN: Is it just me, or is the world's progress grinding to a halt?” ↗…companies — the very same entities that are fomenting the division that necessitates the advertising in the first place. It’s a rage cycle. As a starting point I would recommend reading Matt Taibbi’s Hate Inc and subscribing to Glenn Greenwald’s substack. They’re two of the only left-of-center commentators who have not lost their integrity over the past five years, and their ideas are worth listening to.
on “Parler 'free speech' app tops charts in wake of Trump defeat” ↗> Matt Taibbi (and others) compare it to Pro Wrestling. Kayfabe. And yeah, Hate Inc, was such a good book, I listened to it 3 times in 2 years and it's scary how closely this resembles most of the political theater that takes place around the World. It's not just the US, though its…
on “The median voter is a 50-something white person who didn't go to college” ↗You might want to consider adding Matt Taibbi's Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another to your list. It follows a similar theme to many of the books you have listed and discusses more modern topics like the coverage of the Iraq War and the…
on “Trust in newspapers and television news collapses to historic low” ↗Yup Matt Taibbi has a good book calling the news media - Hate Inc. They spend all their time stoking fears and amping peoples anxiety and threat perception, all to maximize engagement - https://taibbi.substack.com/p/introduction-the-fairway
on “People older than 65 share the most fake news, a new study finds” ↗Check out "hate, inc" by Taibbi. He's self publishing it online. It's been great "bullshit detector enhancement" for me, re: the media.
on “The Urgent Quest for Slower, Better News” ↗…junk-news. It presents as news but there's little substance, it doesn't make you more informed, it makes you angry, upset, and most-importantly (to the new station), engaged. Matt Taibbi's new book, Hate Inc does a great job of illustrating how the "junk news" (and he doesn't just go after the Right) industry is rotting our brains: https://www.amazon.com/Hate-Inc-Todays-Despise-Another/dp/19...
on “Stop Watching the News (2019)” ↗Matt Taibbi has a pretty good take on it I think. (https://www.amazon.com/Hate-Inc-Todays-Despise-Another/dp/19...) I just built an app to control my own addiction (addictionlocker.com) and have thought a lot about this recently. My two cents: the media has gotten good at giving us…
on “Ask HN: Is it just me? why is “news” so addictive?” ↗I recommend Hate Inc by Matt Taibbi. It's a fantastic book that brilliantly illuminates the false dichotomy of red team vs blue team politics and news media. We should all be careful of the corporate press. Their purpose…
on “YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud” ↗> the press seems to be at war with everyone This is the focus of Matt Taibbi's "Hate Inc."
on “Greenwald: The Leading Activists for Online Censorship Are Corporate Journalists” ↗…Consent". Corporate ownership of media houses is said to be the first censorship filter that determines which angles of a policy debate get highlighted and which ones don't. Along with reading Matt Taibbi's "Hate, Inc.", where Chomsky's model is extended to post-internet US media, I can't begin to describe how much of the US media coverage of these issues has begun to make sense to me. As Chomsky points out, propaganda…
on “Jeff Bezos comes out in support of increased corporate taxes” ↗It's interesting to consider how those primary candidates got there and to what extent it would be possible to change who shows up in that position. Check out "Hate, Inc." by Matt Taibbi. He details the process by which party bosses essentially determine the primary field (and have done so for decades), and the media complex reinforces these choices using terms like "electable"…
on “Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most places, the CDC said” ↗Matt Taibbi's _Hate, Inc._ was also a great look at how journalism has (and has not) changed in recent. He cites _Manufacturing Consent_ as an important influence on him.
on “Wuhan lab staff sought hospital care before Covid-19 outbreak disclosed” ↗