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How the media’s instant sanctification of Alex Pretti made the streets more dangerous The moment Alex Pretti was killed, the media did what it now does on autopilot. It sanctified. Within hours, the canvas was filled: peaceful, angelic, saintly, minding his own business, ICU nurse, cared about others. The framing was emotionally complete before any…

There was only one problem: it wasn’t true.

This isn’t just a local story. It’s a perfect case-study of how our media and political systems manufacture victories, construct outrage, and in so doing keep the real levers of power safely hidden.

The reaction to Cheney’s death says more about us than about him. When politics becomes identity, even death becomes a battlefield.

In 2020, the world changed — not just because of a virus, but because of what the response revealed. Governments discovered how easily fear could replace freedom. Corporations learned that panic sells better than hope. And the media learned that outrage and obedience can trend together. What we lived through wasn’t a series of mistakes…

By Don’t Be a Click Earlier this month, private group-chat messages from several Young Republican state chapters leaked online. The transcripts revealed a shocking array of racist, antisemitic, and homophobic slurs—along with praise for violent ideologies. The fallout was immediate: members expelled, chapters dissolved, national leaders distancing themselves. Condemnation came from across the political spectrum.…

Every few months, a new “crisis in Africa” trends across social media.The headlines are loud, the images shocking, and the outrage immediate.But if you step back for a moment, a pattern emerges — one that says more about the global system of attention than it does about the African people living through these struggles. The…

Yesterday it was Israel. Last week it was Taylor Swift.Today, it’s Nigeria. The feed shifts but the pattern doesn’t: an emotional flashpoint, an avalanche of opinion, and an algorithm that rewards the loudest voices first. By the time you stop scrolling, the trend has already served its purpose — it harvested your attention. When “Nigeria”…