As humans we gravitate towards things we feel strongly about. So a polarized and opinionated person is the ideal source of income for the media. So the goal isn't to support one candidate or specific political goal as that generally doesn't make them more money. They want us to feel as strongly as possible about what they are reading and be frustrated with something or become fanatically supportive of something. And it also happens that negativity works more effectively in this way than negativity. As a biproduct we end up with a highly polarized population of people who can't stand each other and can't work together. So perhaps this is a more mundane theory than what many may believe but the implications of this are potentially a lot more dangerous. Most if not all of us are affected by this as am I.
Discuss.
