Manufactured Outrage: How Media Distractions Shield Power

Our final episode investigates how viral headlines and manufactured controversies can function as smoke screens for significant political and corporate actions. We examine specific cases where major media coverage of trivial events coincided with crucial legislative decisions or corporate scandals. The episode analyzes the Panama Papers release and its surprisingly limited media coverage, alongside the phenomenon of coordinated celebrity scandals. We conclude by exploring how social media amplifies certain narratives while suppressing others, and the role of corporate media ownership in shaping public discourse.