Your perspective is indeed fascinating!

In a Reddit discussion, a user quoted Noam Chomsky saying something like:

“Propaganda often works better on the educated than the uneducated… because educated people read more, so they receive more propaganda.”
~ Reddit

I experienced this firsthand during wars or skirmishes. The people around me who didn’t really know what was happening were actually less worried. And yes — as you said, they weren’t glued to the news minute by minute. Most of them didn’t have free internet access either, and with so many other things to take care of, they simply couldn’t sit around following every update. In a way, that made them more immune to the propaganda.

Unfortunately, what we all have in common is our susceptibility to manipulation, especially through fearmongering.

EXACTLY

Exactly — this is what I’ve been saying all along. The vultures in so-called journalism thrive on fear because fear sells. Whether it’s misleading captions on YouTube or sensational headlines on Instagram, their entire game is built on exploiting human anxiety. They know that panic keeps people hooked, so they deliberately exaggerate, distort, and dramatize.

AND If you ever happen to watch Indian media , THE MAINSTREAM one — provided you can understand it — you’ll be stunned. Honestly, you won’t find this brand of absurdity anywhere else in the world. Their newsrooms turn into theatre stages: sirens blaring in the background, fake bomb explosions, AI-generated videos masquerading as “breaking news.” The whole thing looks less like reporting and more like a second-rate action movie.

What’s even more disturbing is the lack of accountability. We’re not talking about gossip or celebrity scandals here — these are nuclear powers, nations whose words and narratives can tilt the balance between war and peace. Yet the carelessness is staggering. It’s not just poor journalism; it’s dangerous. The dramatics may bring them higher ratings, but they erode trust and feed hatred. And I can’t imagine that their own people are blind to it — surely many must feel ashamed of how low the standards have sunk.

This isn’t journalism. It’s reckless propaganda, and it has consequences that ripple far beyond ratings and clicks.