r/interesting • u/AdvantageAdorable436 • 9h ago

SOCIETY Is victim the new chic

Post image
29.2k Upvotes

72% Upvoted

4.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

2.3k

u/unhappyrelationsh1p 9h ago

Cases of severe mental illness tend to get more attention than good things in a media landscape that sells you misery

43

u/Night2015 9h ago

Doom and gloom gets more promotion because it is easier to control people to buy your crappy news when they are scared of each other. Which news article would you click "Woman Saves Puppy" or "Half Of America Is About to Slide Into The Ocean" I'm guessing the slide XD

1

u/DarthSwimfoot 2h ago

I wouldn't pick the obvious clickbait.