@PolAmKrakow
Are you saying that governments are deliberately distracting the public by using streaming services, the internet and tabloid reporting? I think thats a bit of an exotic theory.
Personally I dont like the modern world, its too vulgar I like sitting in front of the fire with a stick. I think the internet is for morons (apart from the bits I use) I have a list of other grumpy gripes but wont post them here, however It turns out that I'm not unique in world history. My parents thought it was weird as I sat listening to records in my bedroom, their parents thought it was weird they weren't cleaning chimneys and the great grand parents were happy complaining about the Tuatha De Danann.
There are no deliberate distractions, most people will scan the paper and all of them will read the story about the dog with two heads first. That is how people are, we love gossip. Sports washing etc are real strategies that governments use which is why the savage invasion of Iraq is portrayed as a feminist mission, the genocide in Gaza is Palestinians fault etc. Most people see right through those propaganda tools or they dont care.
The problem is using money as the base line for any particular activity.