How to pronounce “smarten” in English

"You mean we can make money with the news?" There was your downfall because from that point on, the news became about making money, not informing you. It became ratings ratherthan information to smarten you up. Now, you have, and here's the dangerous part because of that, you now have the news; they're into creating the news, not into reporting it andthat's very, very dangerous in my opinion, very dangerous. So, it's up to us to be vigilant