I am not naming names here. I could name them but that would not serve the purpose of this article or of lexrex. However, I want to vent about a predominant trend in Patriotic as well as other media. There is a tendency to report the worst of the news and spin it in such a way as to promote an atmosphere of hopelessness and futility. After making the reader miserable, no comprehensive solutions are offered.
Sensationalism often leads to confusion and frustration.
Like the French Revolution which was perpetrated during chaos, this approach will not tend toward the reasonable conclusions that were worked out by our Founding Fathers. There's was a revolution that turned their society back to peaceful order and justice. It was carefully planned over a long period of time. For example, just the other day I read a very provocative headline from one of the most popular Internet Tabloids that purports to be patriotic. The headline was deliberately constructed to titillate the reader.