The media is owned by the same investors as have big stakes in the weapons makers, and weapons are sold for confrontations, so the news is selected and modified to present international relations with countries chosen to be the 'bad guys' as confrontations. We 'fly the flag' / they 'threaten'.
Big media publishes what will collect eyeball minutes for the advertisers. Other agendas are secondary. Confrontation is more attention getting than cooperation. "If it bleeds, it leads!"
