We obey the media - always have.
Most of us are too busy coping with everyday life to think deeply about anything.
So millions stand in the rain, heads bowed, for no good reason except the obvious - the media has told us to.
So media covers a funeral 24/7 for no good reason - it knows "a good story", especially when it's created one.
Weddings, trials, all created and inflated for one reason - profit.
With no responsibility as to the consequences and ramifications.

Why do we allow this? Because, deep down inside, we love belonging to a cult. Be it a big cult like HUMANITY or a tiny one like the Moonies or Vegans.
Or a nasty one like Trolls and Haters.

And media knows this (especially Social Media).