PBS Frontline: AMERICA'S GREAT DIVIDE, From Obama To Trump, Pt. 1, 2

[panfluteman]

9. The Great Paradox is that notwithstanding America's "Great Divide",

There is a remarkable degree of voter consensus on most of the key issues - then why can't anything get done, why can't any bills get passed? It seems like yes, there are bad actors out there who are out to stoke hatred, discord and division, like Donald Trump and Steve Bannon. And they will always attract the attention of the media, who are out to sensationalize anything to get a story. Or, to play the devil's advocate here - is the corporate controlled mainstream media out to stoke hatred and division because that's what the billionaires and the corporations want - an American people divided, to be more easily exploited?