The feeling tone news media deliver to us is designed to function as a short circuit, to prevent us from making thought through rational considerations when it comes to our own situation. That’s why they always seems to aim to destroy our rational defences, so that we come to conclusions immediately, without reflection and in emotional distress by rhetorics instead of solid well made arguments.
Media always try to stimulate our feelings on an unconscious level,
to make people respond with automatic behaviours, and collectively instead of individually.
That is why they are so effective when we are made uncertain, in crisis, follow opinion polls, an ideology, an -ism, trends or is in shock.
We agree on things, think or act in a way we would not accept if we were given time to consider it properly.
The fact that we have a tendency to stand by the opinion in order to belong and to get recognition from our surroundings, to be consistent although the reasons for our opinions may be questionable.
That fear is something that is expected.
Unconsciously we then inflict terrible hardship on each other rather than change the beliefs we have that are created for us, to those that is created by us.