"Media organizations have several proven strategies to push our buttons: voyeurism, outrage, greed, fear, prurience and envious aspiration are at the top."
Goes way beyond that...
First, our brains are much worse at reality and thinking than thought.
Science on reasoning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYmi0DLzBdQ
Manufacturing consent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwU56Rv0OXM https://vimeo.com/39566117
The corporate attack on education: