tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post123116273204672890..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: The Free Press Is Now a Propaganda OrganStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-34951623790043477382020-04-02T12:26:23.209-07:002020-04-02T12:26:23.209-07:00Something I thought about today: has it always bee...Something I thought about today: has it always been this slanted, dishonest or did we just really notice it around 2010 or so, with 2016 being the eruption? Has the media drifted into pure propaganda or did they just become more obvious at it? Was the news more detached, disinterested or did we just give them a pass because their message wasn't that far out of line with our own beliefs? HL Mencken, for example, an old newspaperman, seemed to think the media was nothing but rot in his time. Many journalists thought so, but they were outliers.<br /><br />I tend to think the corruption of the ruling class came unglued around 2000 or so, and as the boomers took power, and the WW2 died off, the institutions began a sudden shift leftward. I saw it at the university at that time as the old guard, the professors who taught literature and history straight, retired and were all being replaced by raceclassgender lunatics.UbuMaccabeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-69609320458097303292020-04-01T17:05:39.807-07:002020-04-01T17:05:39.807-07:00“China lied, people died.”
Think we’ll see that o...“China lied, people died.”<br /><br />Think we’ll see that one?<br /><br />Didn’t think so. Case closed.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-8112447970078050632020-04-01T16:51:18.272-07:002020-04-01T16:51:18.272-07:00My take/hypothesis is that international labor arb...My take/hypothesis is that international labor arbitrage has been enormously lucrative the last 30 years, and aggregate returns have accelerated with each passing year. All in Asia, with the lion’s share going to China.<br /><br />Ginormous profits. Bazillions of dollars. <br /><br />Until Trump took office. <br /><br />The teat doesn’t have to totally dry up for Westerners to be expensive — just that the milk isn’t so sweet. Lifestyles must be maintained. The urban environments liberals inhabit are notoriously expensive, and I am confident insider trading enforcement has been lax. That includes leaking from political offices/entities. After all, if you believe in citizen legislators and their staffs, no one can be that economically fortunate though luck alone. And they tell their families and friends. And now D.C. has the five wealthiest ZIP codes in the country. Well, well... how’d that happen?<br /><br />Come to the Industrial Midwest, and I’ll show you the cost. “Free market economics” doesn’t work in a rigged system. Sorry, it just doesn’t. It’s a nifty notion, but not in a macro-geopolitical game run by a kleptocrat club. <br /><br />But what is important for elites is to keep up the appearance that it is an open, fee enterprise system. That’s the apple cart Trump turned over. Always remember: Trump built his fortune on real assets, navigating the maze of human relationships and roadblocks along the way. Do you seriously believe Chuck Schumer is a new figure in his reality? How about Andrew Cuomo? My God, Trump was probably invited to Andrew Como’s 1990 wedding to Kerry Kennedy (spoiler alert: divorced). And Freddo? Yeesh.<br /><br />The response from all elite circles has been relentless, like a cat in the corner. No?<br /><br />Hmmm... in what way has this “cat” been “cornered”? Do you believe politics is a game? I do. Who is winning?Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-34890005604077366312020-04-01T16:25:04.717-07:002020-04-01T16:25:04.717-07:00What I have always found the most interesting and ...What I have always found the most interesting and humorous part of Rush Limbaugh’s show is the “Media Montage” he employs in how the top anchors, newsreaders, personalities and pundits communicate their thoughts. <br /><br />They all say the same things. <br /><br />Same words, phrases, euphemisms, even the exact same language. This is across networks, newspapers, radio, interviews, etc. It is humorous at first, hearing it all pieces together. Then it is startling...<br /><br />Who is it that gives out these talking points? There must be a Rosetta Stone, Q document, something. A blog, a listserv account somewhere. And this person — or these people — must be demonstrably powerful to command this conformation in messaging. Someone owns someone else. There is no other way to explain it. It’s been going on for too long, in the same way. It’s a pattern.<br /><br />Someone or some few people are orchestrating all of this. This is not a conspiracy theory. The conspiracy is real. The English language is legendary in its voluminous vocabulary and endless flexibility. To have everyone sound so much the same is just not possible, given the odds of vocabulary and syntax.<br /><br />The Big Enemedia is a pawn. But of whom?<br /><br />Whoever it is, their messaging and endgame seems uniquely similar to that of the Chinese Communist Party. Newspapers used to be a high-margin business coveted by business magnates who would pass it through their families (the Grahams, Bancrofts, etc.) because it was the crown jewel — the goose that laid the golden egg. Not anymore, not without the complete vanishing of classified advertising revenue. Yet these people at the top of these news organs — the editorial staff — have paid their dues, and certainly need the money. Perhaps they can be assured that if they believe and say all the right things, they will have done their part serving the empire. Whose empire? Who is now funding and maintaining their lifestyles? <br /><br />Could it be that Chinese espionage, infiltration, propaganda and CASH has infiltrated our news media at the highest levels? Strikes me that it would come at a cheap price these days...<br /><br />And Russia is a very convenient scapegoat these days, isn’t it?<br /><br />Follow the money. There are TRILLIONS at stake.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-2149577445808650012020-04-01T13:06:05.119-07:002020-04-01T13:06:05.119-07:00The hysterical propaganda networks, CNN and MSNBC,...The hysterical propaganda networks, CNN and MSNBC, have corporate owners---AT&T in the case of CNN, Comcast in the case of MSNBC.<br /><br />An interesting and important question is: the degree to which these editorial policies reflect conscious political decisions on the part of corporate top management, versus just leaving these minor subsidiaries pretty much alone as long as they don't lose *too* much money.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-56000937139870133002020-04-01T11:48:59.436-07:002020-04-01T11:48:59.436-07:00The power behind our media has an agenda to push, ...The power behind our media has an agenda to push, and they are pushing it. The power behind the Chinese media has an agenda to push, and they are pushing it. Variations and varieties of lies. You are correct: our media is nothing except manipulative propaganda. All-day, every day, in every medium.<br /><br />The only question is: what's their endgame and why?UbuMaccabeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-64953319001833371432020-04-01T11:01:41.682-07:002020-04-01T11:01:41.682-07:00"If Bill de Blasio and Nancy Pelosi were tell..."If Bill de Blasio and Nancy Pelosi were telling people to go out and have a good time a few weeks ago, this has had no impact on the number of virus cases in New York City. The media tells us that the fault lies entirely with President Trump."<br /><br />THIS is why I despise, detest, and distrust the media (especially the NYT, the WaPoo, and CNN).<br /><br />"We can only hope that the general public, having tired of the folks who cried wolf, would have seen through the fraud. One hopes, but one still retains some doubt." I expect most of the US which is not comprised of the coastal states, does. I live in one of those coastal states, having moved from another coastal state, but not in the big cities of those states, so... out of the plague zones.<br /><br />The media is all in for the "YOU"RE ALL GONNA DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE." mode.<br /><br />"Have any of these crack journalists and editors considered the damage they are doing by undermining Americans faith in their institutions? I doubt that they have." Yes, they're all ON that CRACK. I'll tell you that the "institution" that I absolutely despise, detest, and distrust is the Democrat Party.<br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /> Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.com