The abuse of the first amendment by the media is just incredible. It is the greatest danger to our democracy. The media is not driven by politics but rather the competition. The news media, be it TV, cable, radio, or Internet Web sites will do anything to keep their audience tuned in or clicking on links. The larger the audience, the more money they make. In itself that's not bad but how they do it is. Each major story is repeated over and over, analyzed, bisected, and modified with new information or rehashing of old information. What we are calling news is propaganda by repetition and it doesn't end there. The news media selectively reports stories the public finds interesting and it is repeated over and over. For example the public simply could not get enough of George Floyd being chocked to death by the police or Donald Trump saying the election was stolen from him.
The bottom line is the way the news media reports stories, changes our perspective and national priorities. For example, millions of people believe voting machines are used to steal elections, police violence is our the greatest problem in America, the Supreme Court is being unfairly manipulated, the growing national debt is not really a problem, mass murders have made our schools and all public places unsafe, etc....