1) Outraged political based news is replacing conventional news because politics are becoming more prevalent in our society. Outraged news gets the peoples blood flowing. People like to see news that makes them angry or causes them to act on something. Nowadays, you can not report bland news or you will lose listeners.
2) Emotionally provocateurs cause people to get flustered and possibly say something they do not really mean. It can bring out the real beliefs of people when they might be beating around the bush on a highly debated topic.
3) Some people need to have controversy and they feel the need to argue with people. I do not subscribe to the genetic argument that biology can determine how people will react. As people evolve from their parents, they can make their own opinions and be able to decide if they can control themselves or not.
4) Sweeping deregulation has allowed people to say whatever they feel without being forced to accept the repercussions. They do not have to allow the person to reply to their argument. The change in technology has caused people to get their news and opinion out to everyone faster than it maybe should. The exploding universe has taken the news in a certain part of the world, and magnified it to the whole world.
5) Festinger's thesis is true. People do not like stepping out of their comfort zone. In political parties the members might not say their true opinion because they are afraid of what the other members will think because of how the party is perceived.
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