Its like the country is an internet forum and the news are just sockpuppets flaming each other, goading passerbys into chaos, hatred and shitposting.
Like im too busy to sometimes think about stuff like this, and i fell by default on the trap that im always warning everyone about: dont attribute stupidity where maliciousness is a better explanation.
Of course, making the citizenry hate each other is a clear case of "divide and conquer". I already hated the fucking form of news and reporting, and this brings it to a whole new level.