When the media is getting the nation to solely focus on A. Arbery(and on their terms and narrative) as opposed to thousands of others cases, that is literally mind control. They shift the nation's collective focus on whatever they deem important and however they tell you it went down. And if you see it any differently than their official narrative, you are to be ostracized.
The media could easily do the same year after year with Asians being beaten, robbed, and killed in "inner cities"(see video directly above) and everyone's mind would be on who, in this different focus, is committing the hate. Then, Asians would be in hog heaven because the media would again be dividing the population, but this time it's in their favor. Very few in the groups that the media focuses on lionizing with victim status realize that they're pawns and that the media could "switch sides" and be against them at the drop of a hat.