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I think people hate change and cling to traditions but the media loves it. They hate the rise of Google unless there's the fall of Google. They publicized the war on drugs ad nauseam until they got sick of it, so they next started publicizing attempts at legalization. At first they seemed anti Uber and Lyft, then dropped that pose. They're pushing transgender issues hard because there is still a lot of tradition to reverse. After the health craze came a magazine cover story "Butter is back!" They promoted smoking for decades after scientists knew it was deadly. Reversals make good news copy, the controversial is everything. Especially now.

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