Preventing extreme polarization of political attitudes
The media calling January 6th an &#x27;insurrection&#x27; is a perfect example of the problem.<p>It&#x27;s pure sensationalism.<p>There were no guns, there was no centralized organization to indicate an insurrection, the 4 people who died were all protestors, mostly from being dumbasses.<p>Clearly those people who damaged the capitol should be punished, just like the Black Lives Matter protesters who damaged the Foley Federal Building.<p>But calling it an INSURRECTION is just pure disingenuous sensationalism by the media.<p>What story will make the media more money:<p>A protest that got very heated? 
Or an insurrection?<p>And of course the more extreme opponents of either side will seize on the identity politics and propagate this narrative and we continue down the path of polarization.<p>I have no idea how to fix this issue of media propaganda other than teaching people statistics and critical thinking, but that starts with education from an early age. I don&#x27;t know if most people even have the time to research alternative views so they just trust their news sources, which worked up until the past decade(?) or so.