A recent message on X (formerly Twitter) has revealed yet another example of news organizations broadcasting precisely the same message, word-for-word, about their news coverage, while attacking so-called "independent" news reporting. You'll find the short video clip here - recommended viewing.
We tend to treat this sort of thing as amusing, yet another "same old, same old" revelation of how corporate media parrot the same line; but we forget how insidious it is. The same message is being broadcast in almost every city across the nation. I'm grateful that so many Americans resist being brainwashed by such stunts, but there are many who simply aren't aware of - or don't care about - this ongoing, organized, pre-programmed brainwashing. The mainstream media, in general, are simply not trustworthy when it comes to the sharing of news items with the general public. They decide what they want to say, and how they want to say it - and with only six corporations owning something like 90% of US media, those media are subject to more or less strict corporate control over what they say, and how they say it. Few, if any of them are completely independent, able to say what they like about anything without making sure that it fits the guidelines issued to them by their owners.
We're going to have to keep this firmly in mind in the new year, as President Trump takes office. Even now, there are attempts to prevent him from doing that, as this op-ed in The Hill earlier this week makes clear: "Congress has the power to block Trump from taking office, but lawmakers must act now". That was clearly a premeditated, malice-aforethought strike directed at our new President. If you think that those op-ed authors came up with the idea for that article entirely on their own, and that The Hill decided to publish it with no input at all from opposition politicians, regulators and bureaucrats . . . all I can say is that I have a bridge in Brooklyn, NYC I'd like to sell you. Cash only, please, and in small bills. (On the other hand, of course, there are right-wing outlets that cheer President Trump's comments about "taking back" the Panama Canal or wanting to buy Greenland. Such opinionated gushing is bad no matter who does it, and on what side of politics they stand.)
Just keep in mind that in the new year, we're going to have to be more vigilant than ever to prevent ourselves from being misled and propagandized, and to discern the truth about what's happening all around us. With such massive resources being devoted to swaying our opinions, that won't be easy.
Peter
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A belated Merry Christmas to you all!
Trump is renowned as the master of the deal. Sometimes he makes mistakes, but I think he learns from them. The big talk about Panama, Greenland and Canada is getting the results Trump wants without spending a dime, and before he actually has any power.
The Left hates independence. We are a threat to Their Democratcy.
We've come full circle. The time of PIRATE RADIO has returned. Yeah, we've got the blogs, the "alternative news sites, and "social media," but they're all subject to manipulation, banning, and "shadow-banning." Radio is self-contained. It can be brought up to transmit at a location, taken down, and then moved. Lather, rinse, repeat. No, it doesn't have the coverage of the 'Net, but word will get around, as it always has...
Considering the excuse that the UHC assassin used, those owners might want to consider how many millions of people have been harmed by the lies that they have been publishing for years. . . Jist sayin'.
And Peter, if you and your readers really want to get spun-up, look up/research the names on the boards of directors of oh, say, the top 10 corporations in the country. Or go for the 25. . .
Congress acting to prevent Trump from taking office would constitute carte blanche open season on everyone in government down to librarians and dog catchers.
We wish TPTB much luck with that undertaking. It isn't going to turn out like the Left thinks. There might be 100M less people in America afterwards, but there would be one-party rule after that for the next 500 years. The other party would be extinct, and the largest edifice on the planet would be the pyramid of bleached Democommunist skulls erected as a monument afterwards.
One can but hope they make the attempt suggested by the utter morons at The Hill.
Yep, I need more salt blocks to even look at MSM these days...
Is there really any difference between some of these murders that Biden has Commuted? . I'm personally thinking about the ones which are so calculated, cold blooded and showing zero mercy and actually these perps getting off on killing their victims... thats a person who cannot be rehabilitated, and will never have anything to offer to society. They should also cease to cost society anything like food or housing expenses.
When it comes to Trump or a CEO of a health care insurance company or the INNOCENT UNBORN, CHILD the LEFT loves the Death Penalty
They just have a problem putting to Death Hardened Murderers That \Comes Here to Kill. And to Rape our Children!
What about that poor woman in the video who lost her life from being set on Fire in the New York Subway by a Sick Freaken Illegal Who should not even had been here in the first place ?
Biden Demonstrates What a Bunch of Hypocritical Windbags the Left Wingers Are, It's Okay to Kill Innocent People in War, It’s Ok to attack the Jewish Man in the street on his way to pray in a Synagogue It's Okay to Kill Unborn Babies, but Killing People Convicted of the Most Heinous Crimes Is Barbaric, It's Pathetic.
And whats also PATHETIC IS TO HAVE TO SIT AROUND ALL DAY READING THE CRAP, THE FILTH, AND BULL-SHIT ON THE PROGRESSIVE BLOGS.
@ Richard
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Ha! Yesterday, while wasting time watching "Shorts" on gew tube, ran across the Corporate news telling us that "Taylor Swift is not a psyop", where it starts with one news "couple", then keep adding the until the screen is filled with them chanting, in near unison, "Taylor Swift is not a psyop". It's only in conspiracy theory until they officially deny it.
The liberals should be thrilled that Pres. Trump's win was to real to steal/too big to rig. If it had been another (obv) steal by the Ho and friends, it would have led to an insipid revolution that would have grown. Nothing good for the nation would have resulted.
I have no problem with extreme leftists or rightists. This is a free people at work. It's awesome. Everything will work out in time.
Besides, the only option is restriction of expression.
They can keep their Democracy, I want my Republic back.
"Congress has the power to block Trump from taking office, but lawmakers must act now".
In the words of the Gemini Killer: "You're issuing a clear invitation to the dance."
I've seen these types of 'group speak' before, and the explanation has been that the stations being shown are owned by the same media & broadcasting company. It's a company-formulated message, communicating their values, broadcast from their studios - not insidious government control. Which is not to say that I don't despise the government's insistent overreach into Free Speech territory, which is despicable and should be confronted each and every time, but isn't.
@Aggie: Except that, as we know happened during the Biden administration, when the government dictates to corporations what their line should be, it's no longer company-formulated and it really is insidious government control.
They will never stop until power is used
ps Trump won all 8 swing states, I think that’s the same as getting 81 million votes. It was just to easy since then.
Party doesn’t start till Jan 20
Most humans are Non-Player Characters (NPC), who are remotely programmed by the MainStream Media (MSM). Democracy is a hoax. 4,000 years ago the MSM said, don't save your excess earnings over subsistence to be compounded, instead you should pay it in taxes to be wasted building pyramids. Today instead of pyramids the MSM programs NPCs to want foreign wars, which in addition to destroying capital also kills the practical people who would otherwise build and create.
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