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In an age where outrage is entertainment and truth bends to the highest engagement, this essay traces the lineage of our modern media—from Network’s prophetic satire to the infinite scroll of the algorithm. Drawing on Nietzsche, Mill, Dostoevsky, and Achebe, it examines how the pursuit of truth has become performance, and belief a curated identity. Through politics, journalism, and social media, the piece unravels how spectacle has replaced sincerity and noise has drowned out nuance. What remains is an unsettling question: when everything demands our attention, what becomes of the truth?

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