Why we're all wrong about the media...

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Why We’re All Wrong About the Media | The Sunrise Lounge Podcast

The mainstream media isn’t just broken—it was never built to be trusted.

In this episode of The Sunrise Lounge, we’re exploring into the history of media manipulation, the profit-driven agendas of corporate news, and the dark reality of our addiction to information. Are we really free thinkers, or are we just consumers caught in an endless content loop designed to keep us outraged, divided, and distracted?

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Topics We Cover in This Episode:
✔️ The true origins of fake news – How William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer pioneered yellow journalism
✔️ Why mainstream media profits off of outrage, fear, and division
✔️ Only a few corporations (The Big 6) control almost everything you read, watch, and hear
✔️ The dopamine loop – How social media and news keep you addicted
✔️ Echo chambers & algorithms – Why the content you see is designed to reinforce your biases
✔️ The death of real conversation – How our obsession with being "informed" is making us disconnected

WHY IT MATTERS
We think we’ve outgrown the media’s influence, but the real problem isn’t just biased reporting—it’s the constant need for information itself. We’ve replaced real human connection with content consumption, and that’s exactly how media and tech giants want it.

WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?
💡 Think critically – Stop taking headlines at face value
💡 Challenge your own biases – Seek out independent sources of information
💡 Prioritize real relationships – Put down the phone and have actual conversations

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Research Sources:
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National Press Institute
Britannica and Oxford
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:13 Cliffhanger
1:58 Why The Captain Was MIA
3:08 Origins of Modern Media
4:49 How Did We Get Here?
8:10 Command & Control
11:40 The Sinister Secret
14:25 What Now?

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