Indeed, the media are not only interested in conflicts. But there might be recent trends that push them in that direction. In last month’s Le Monde Diplomatique, Serge Halimi explained the media’s increasing taste for conflicts by the decline of print media, pushing journalists to resort to bigger headlines and more sensation, and easily compare anything with “the darkest hours in our history”.
Indeed, the media are not only interested in conflicts. But there might be recent trends that push them in that direction. In last month’s Le Monde Diplomatique, Serge Halimi explained the media’s increasing taste for conflicts by the decline of print media, pushing journalists to resort to bigger headlines and more sensation, and easily compare anything with “the darkest hours in our history”.