The unfortunate thing is that many ordinary people, if not most, would agree with their assessment of Matt, and I've already come across it. They are aligned with MSNBC, or CNN. Someone claimed Musk is all in it for the money, and Taibbi jumped on his money bandwagon. I wonder if he was a troll because he was abusive in terms of his re…
The unfortunate thing is that many ordinary people, if not most, would agree with their assessment of Matt, and I've already come across it. They are aligned with MSNBC, or CNN. Someone claimed Musk is all in it for the money, and Taibbi jumped on his money bandwagon. I wonder if he was a troll because he was abusive in terms of his responses to my posts, and almost demanded I agree. Authoritarian SOB. Gave it right back to him. I always find that people who attack independent journalists which provide a truthful perspective on things are attacked, and hated by those who are paid to lie since money owns their soul. Screw them.
I'm so proud to read these comments, and know there are people out there smart enough to see all of this for what it is... But, my God, for journalists to *go after another journalist for reporting the truth*. It's truly Orwellian.
Orwellian yes, but now common place. They're paid to be lying "patriots." and these lying "patriots" ultimately sell out the people they pretend to inform and claim they want to protect.
State Media is now run by the Federal Government since the abolition of US law against domestic propaganda-- the "modernization" of the Smith Mundt Act, giving the State Department (and thus the CIA and other Intelligence Agencies) control of the Official Narratives. As Twitter Leaks showed, soon all of social media will also be controlled by the Federal Government; they cannot have political opponents challenging or interfering with Official Policies. How much of this is due to "lying patriots" and self delusion is arguable. More likely it is careerism and wanting to be on the winning side. The ends justify the means, and might makes right.
People want to be entertained, so most so called news shows are just that, entertainment. They create drama. laughter, disgust. They attack the opponent and illicit a laugh or a nod, or a groan of disgust and most people are fine with that. Very few have the attention span politics demands, or the background to provide them with some sense of perspective. For many it is no more then a religion, so people just pick out their gurus, and have faith they are being told the truth. If the Federal government takes over the media totally most people won't notice, or care.
The bigger problem we all face is that *neither political party* wants what you just described (federal government controlling media) to change. It benefits both of them in different ways, at different times. Ultimately, power hungry politicians like good ole' Mitch McConnell see it as nothing more than a tool to help achieve their ends. *THAT* is the problem. I keep telling people the DNC and the RNC are both a massive problem because they are the core of each political party, and the way they set their agendas has little to do with what the American people want, and far more about how to get and retain power and control.
The great thing about the Twitter files is we are now learning the mechanism behind *how* the federal government achieves this. The U.S. has a massive tech industry dominated by capitalists, but run by far left people whose culture is set predominantely in the Bay Area. All private industries avoid regulation like the plague. The social media space is no different. I can visualize the regulatory threats made to the people on these boards (remember all the congressional hearings for Zuckerberg, Dorsey, and the like, and how they all but evaporated once Biden got into office?) and the Vijaya Gaddes and Yoel Roths of Silicon Valley freaking the fuck out, wondering how they were going to thread the needle... ultimately, we now know how the story ended, and how they tried, and until Musk dropped 40 billion on Twitter, succeeded!
That's what blows my mind about people's ability to ignore the implications of this... The number of "bodies" Musk has already and is continuing to uncover from *one* social media company. How can a person *not* be curious about what's happening at every other social media company???
In any case, the basic truths we can glean from these realities are these: 1. The tech industry does not want to be regulated. 2. Most people, even ones who publicly praise Democratic ideals, will bow to authority when it means their job/reputation/livlihood is on the line, (even if doing so means gaslighting an entire country). 3. We can safely assume our "reality" is regularly shaped by arbitrary whims of people who either were or are still in the federal government, and every citizien should resist it, and strive to think for themselves.
I'm ambivalent. It is good to see others voicing reasonable and intelligent, genuine pushback on this garbage. But distraught that its so entrenched that pushback is necessary. That the status quo has diminished to the point of disenfranchisement. Worrisome.
Sinclair Broadcasting attempted to create an unbiased news network without embellishing or editing footage. The reporters were given free reign to ask questions while in the field but not interjecting ideological spill or slant. The broadcast news would remain neutral. Pundits, guests and audience ( on shows that had an open forum)could interact without being badgered or interrupted . Every faction of the American spectrum was allowed to express their thoughts, ask questions and interact respectfully but without hostility.
They began an ad campaign that was well received. So many Americans were sick of the left/right presentations on seperate channels with edited, truncated film clips, based solely on bashing the other side, pushing a narrative that shut out any dissenting voice or platform that veered from singular bias and redundancy.
I was thrilled. Couldn’t wait. Anticipated that long overdue catharsis that comes with conversation versus angry shoutdowns and divide.
Sinclair was advertising the MSM networks and Fox. Can’t recall whether NewsMax was available. OAN liked the concept and hoped to air the shows .
However, when CNN, MSNBC and Fox realized the concept was gaining steam, they were able to somehow shut it down before it launched. Proving that this divide was purposely orchestrated to push viewers to one side or the other by maintaining an ever widening gap to keep the bipolar duplicitous establishment status quo .you had either chocolate or vanilla, period. Fuck the plebes who craved strawberry. That brisk, healthy springtime The breath of fresh air that makes us feel happy and free.
The Kleptocorporate multinational globalist mockingbird NWO monopoly won that round and several more. But the walls started to crack and the censorship, banning , lockdowns, masking, surveillance, street violence and alienation is backfiring. Finally! Because the brave people who were becoming increasingly skeptical and began questioning our own judgement .. How did we get here? This is no longer just politics as usual. Something far darker and far more deviant was becoming too big and too threatening way too fast.And Substack, Rumble, Rogan became this weird Underground Railroad where for the first time, we ventured outside of our mental confines and began to forge a new alliance and still be ourselves, but better.
Ergo , the duopolous , duplicitous, soulless overlords have become scared and sloppy and more hateful, aggressive, divisive and dangerous. Now it’s our turn. “ We The People” against THEM! The whole rotten, toxic, corrupt evil megalomaniacal demonic fascist elite cult of psychopaths. The Cult of Death and Hatred for all Things Living. The DAVOS/Bilderberg/UN/NATO/EU/US /NGO Kleptocorporate multinational Transhumanist Technocracy. Mass murdering Malthusisian Mengelian Maoist Machiavellian Fourth and Final Reich.
Gail you really write so well! It doesn't surprise me that the network didn't come to fruition and I'm not even sure you needed the other networks to help shut it down. A non biased news forum isn't a money making business, but cultivating people's biases is. Years ago the news cycle wasn't 24/7, a source of non-stop entertainment, and there was a genuine sense of responsibility to convey the truth. It was their job. No more. Our government encourages division as well, divide and conquer, as they say. The democrats certainly used Trump to divide a country proclaiming themselves to be on the right side of things. I gave up Gail, and you just have to wade through the crap to get at the truth., and most will make that a difficult chore. Substack is indeed a refuge from all of that.
The unfortunate thing is that many ordinary people, if not most, would agree with their assessment of Matt, and I've already come across it. They are aligned with MSNBC, or CNN. Someone claimed Musk is all in it for the money, and Taibbi jumped on his money bandwagon. I wonder if he was a troll because he was abusive in terms of his responses to my posts, and almost demanded I agree. Authoritarian SOB. Gave it right back to him. I always find that people who attack independent journalists which provide a truthful perspective on things are attacked, and hated by those who are paid to lie since money owns their soul. Screw them.
I'm so proud to read these comments, and know there are people out there smart enough to see all of this for what it is... But, my God, for journalists to *go after another journalist for reporting the truth*. It's truly Orwellian.
Orwellian yes, but now common place. They're paid to be lying "patriots." and these lying "patriots" ultimately sell out the people they pretend to inform and claim they want to protect.
State Media is now run by the Federal Government since the abolition of US law against domestic propaganda-- the "modernization" of the Smith Mundt Act, giving the State Department (and thus the CIA and other Intelligence Agencies) control of the Official Narratives. As Twitter Leaks showed, soon all of social media will also be controlled by the Federal Government; they cannot have political opponents challenging or interfering with Official Policies. How much of this is due to "lying patriots" and self delusion is arguable. More likely it is careerism and wanting to be on the winning side. The ends justify the means, and might makes right.
People want to be entertained, so most so called news shows are just that, entertainment. They create drama. laughter, disgust. They attack the opponent and illicit a laugh or a nod, or a groan of disgust and most people are fine with that. Very few have the attention span politics demands, or the background to provide them with some sense of perspective. For many it is no more then a religion, so people just pick out their gurus, and have faith they are being told the truth. If the Federal government takes over the media totally most people won't notice, or care.
The bigger problem we all face is that *neither political party* wants what you just described (federal government controlling media) to change. It benefits both of them in different ways, at different times. Ultimately, power hungry politicians like good ole' Mitch McConnell see it as nothing more than a tool to help achieve their ends. *THAT* is the problem. I keep telling people the DNC and the RNC are both a massive problem because they are the core of each political party, and the way they set their agendas has little to do with what the American people want, and far more about how to get and retain power and control.
The great thing about the Twitter files is we are now learning the mechanism behind *how* the federal government achieves this. The U.S. has a massive tech industry dominated by capitalists, but run by far left people whose culture is set predominantely in the Bay Area. All private industries avoid regulation like the plague. The social media space is no different. I can visualize the regulatory threats made to the people on these boards (remember all the congressional hearings for Zuckerberg, Dorsey, and the like, and how they all but evaporated once Biden got into office?) and the Vijaya Gaddes and Yoel Roths of Silicon Valley freaking the fuck out, wondering how they were going to thread the needle... ultimately, we now know how the story ended, and how they tried, and until Musk dropped 40 billion on Twitter, succeeded!
That's what blows my mind about people's ability to ignore the implications of this... The number of "bodies" Musk has already and is continuing to uncover from *one* social media company. How can a person *not* be curious about what's happening at every other social media company???
In any case, the basic truths we can glean from these realities are these: 1. The tech industry does not want to be regulated. 2. Most people, even ones who publicly praise Democratic ideals, will bow to authority when it means their job/reputation/livlihood is on the line, (even if doing so means gaslighting an entire country). 3. We can safely assume our "reality" is regularly shaped by arbitrary whims of people who either were or are still in the federal government, and every citizien should resist it, and strive to think for themselves.
Wow, thanks for the reference- https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/5736 Smith Mundt Act
I'm ambivalent. It is good to see others voicing reasonable and intelligent, genuine pushback on this garbage. But distraught that its so entrenched that pushback is necessary. That the status quo has diminished to the point of disenfranchisement. Worrisome.
Sinclair Broadcasting attempted to create an unbiased news network without embellishing or editing footage. The reporters were given free reign to ask questions while in the field but not interjecting ideological spill or slant. The broadcast news would remain neutral. Pundits, guests and audience ( on shows that had an open forum)could interact without being badgered or interrupted . Every faction of the American spectrum was allowed to express their thoughts, ask questions and interact respectfully but without hostility.
They began an ad campaign that was well received. So many Americans were sick of the left/right presentations on seperate channels with edited, truncated film clips, based solely on bashing the other side, pushing a narrative that shut out any dissenting voice or platform that veered from singular bias and redundancy.
I was thrilled. Couldn’t wait. Anticipated that long overdue catharsis that comes with conversation versus angry shoutdowns and divide.
Sinclair was advertising the MSM networks and Fox. Can’t recall whether NewsMax was available. OAN liked the concept and hoped to air the shows .
However, when CNN, MSNBC and Fox realized the concept was gaining steam, they were able to somehow shut it down before it launched. Proving that this divide was purposely orchestrated to push viewers to one side or the other by maintaining an ever widening gap to keep the bipolar duplicitous establishment status quo .you had either chocolate or vanilla, period. Fuck the plebes who craved strawberry. That brisk, healthy springtime The breath of fresh air that makes us feel happy and free.
The Kleptocorporate multinational globalist mockingbird NWO monopoly won that round and several more. But the walls started to crack and the censorship, banning , lockdowns, masking, surveillance, street violence and alienation is backfiring. Finally! Because the brave people who were becoming increasingly skeptical and began questioning our own judgement .. How did we get here? This is no longer just politics as usual. Something far darker and far more deviant was becoming too big and too threatening way too fast.And Substack, Rumble, Rogan became this weird Underground Railroad where for the first time, we ventured outside of our mental confines and began to forge a new alliance and still be ourselves, but better.
Ergo , the duopolous , duplicitous, soulless overlords have become scared and sloppy and more hateful, aggressive, divisive and dangerous. Now it’s our turn. “ We The People” against THEM! The whole rotten, toxic, corrupt evil megalomaniacal demonic fascist elite cult of psychopaths. The Cult of Death and Hatred for all Things Living. The DAVOS/Bilderberg/UN/NATO/EU/US /NGO Kleptocorporate multinational Transhumanist Technocracy. Mass murdering Malthusisian Mengelian Maoist Machiavellian Fourth and Final Reich.
Gail you really write so well! It doesn't surprise me that the network didn't come to fruition and I'm not even sure you needed the other networks to help shut it down. A non biased news forum isn't a money making business, but cultivating people's biases is. Years ago the news cycle wasn't 24/7, a source of non-stop entertainment, and there was a genuine sense of responsibility to convey the truth. It was their job. No more. Our government encourages division as well, divide and conquer, as they say. The democrats certainly used Trump to divide a country proclaiming themselves to be on the right side of things. I gave up Gail, and you just have to wade through the crap to get at the truth., and most will make that a difficult chore. Substack is indeed a refuge from all of that.