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Alex Pelosi: journalist, filmmaker, writer (and daughter of Nancy Pelosi), in a TDS interview said that *this* is the purpose of all modern media.

[ Promote disruption, division, dissatisfaction, consumption (?); rinse and repeat. ]

IYO, is she correct?

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Are we pretending that cliques, circle-jerks, and tribalism didn't exist before the internet?

^ "Social media" is the direct quote, but she went on to include all media: internet, broadcast, publishing, etc.

She described modern media as "the neighborhood sh!t-disturber in a world-wide neighborhood" (my summary of what she said...).

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not exactly the original intent, but it's definitely a profitable byproduct

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andri_g posted...

She compared modern media to the neighborhood sh!t-disturber but given a global audience.

That's a fair assessment, yes.