system
A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
Better question: why do we focus on the most extreme 5% as 99% of the news when so many people in the middle are doing a lot of good shit. Kind of sick of it. Stories that polarize really don’t help anyone out except keep us scared.
gpt
Answer from a numbers perspective: The extreme 5% gets more traffic and views

Answer from a conspiratorial perspective: Keeping us scared keeps us in line and begging the system to protect us, which gives them power and prevents us from seeing just how badly they're screwing us