The corporate press is in the business of manufacturing hysteria and profiting from clickbait. Their business model demands it, because their incentives demand it.

This is doubly true in the internet age. So many things are fighting for your attention around the clock. It's getting harder & harder for each outlet to stand out from the crowd.

That's why you need to view the narrative surrounding this Chinese coronavirus "pandemic" through a very skeptical lens.

Words like "PANDEMIC" and phrases like "65 MILLION COULD DIE" are guaranteed to get your attention. After all, that's why we used them in today's title!

But you need to understand why the corporate press uses them. It's not because they're concerned with accurately reporting the news. It's because they're trying to manipulate you.

Meanwhile, the Democrats and the media have united in declaring that Trump is guilty of "abuse of power." And that's why he should be impeached, they say.

Here's the problem: those people don't care about reporting honest facts any more than the people reporting on the Chinese "pandemic."

In fact, in many cases, it's the exact same people! They're just seeking to manipulate you and your beliefs to suit their own ends. For some of them, that means incentivizing you to click on their headlines. For others, it means motivating you to vote for their favorite politicians.

Here is the great irony of the impeachment hearings:

Trump is accused of abusing his power by manipulating others to promote his own interests ahead of the interests of the American people. Yet his accusers are guilty of THE EXACT SAME THING.

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