Fighting the media machine

Post-truths, assumptions and agendas

 
Consuming content can be exasperating. We’re exposed to a daily mind-numbing stream of stories carrying exaggerated subplots and contrived twists, ranging from doomsday economic predictions to the latest in Boris Johnson’s line of lockdown ‘non-parties’. The media, once revered as an objective source of worldly clarification, now reduced to sporadic soundbites and sensationalist snippets meekly masquerading as news. Its imperious march to dictate how we perceive reality is well documented. Perhaps less obvious is the insidious effects media narratives have in trapping us within a treacherous maze of routine, dissatisfaction and mediocrity.

As we idly scroll through our social media feeds on a Sunday afternoon, tossed around by the turbulent currents of unattainable expectations and unsustainable desires, another moment is wasted. Another path for serene stillness closed away. Another opportunity to grapple with the real meaning of existence stymied.

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Πηγή: waitjustlisten.substack.com