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Wow. Just wow. I remember early cyberpunks talking about how the internet would enable infinite lies to spread and for the truth to be completely buried in the noise. And here we are. Now our entire reality has been taken over by people living in a fantasy world. No end in sight. Maybe they weren't nearly pessimistic enough.
Wow. Just wow. I remember early cyberpunks talking about how the internet would enable infinite lies to spread and for the truth to be completely buried in the noise. And here we are. Now our entire reality has been taken over by people living in a fantasy world. No end in sight. Maybe they weren't nearly pessimistic enough.
Can you imagine being a professional journalist, and making the fully rational decision that the hunter biden laptop story was the hill you wished to die upon, resigning in a huff from your employer of many years? Greenwald has lost a great deal of credibility. And now he's still harping on about it as if this supposed laptop is earth-shatteringly important news? Mostly I feel sorry for Greenwald and how clearly unhi…
It sounds like you don’t understand why he left. The agreement at The Intercept was that reporters had editorial control. That worked fine until Glenn decided to write about the Hunter laptop. Suddenly that rule went out the door. Suddenly the article had to be revised or else. I mean, if you employer promised to do something important and then reneged, isn’t leaving a pretty reasonable thing to do?
Can you imagine being a professional journalist, and making the fully rational decision that the hunter biden laptop story was the hill you wished to die upon, resigning in a huff from your employer of many years? Greenwald has lost a great deal of credibility. And now he's still harping on about it as if this supposed laptop is earth-shatteringly important news? Mostly I feel sorry for Greenwald and how clearly unhi…
It seems it’s a very corrupt institution and probably always has been. For a while there they made people believe them to be the “fourth estate” the defenders of the democratic faith, etc. Sadly, it seems it was all a rouse and a bullshit narrative. They are not defending the constitution in any way. All they care about is whatever happens to be their particular agenda at a particular point in time which may coincide…
https://youtu.be/l8pkCZBjgrk?t=252
Where we hear about the CIA deep state in its long attempt to thwart Donald Trump, even before his election. Just part of the story of Greenwald leaving the Intercept.
Accoring to Greenwald, the conspiracy goes deep. There is now a full union with the Democrats, the CIA, the Bush-Cheney operatives, Silicon Valley, and Wall Street. Also that the CIA, DOJ, FBI and NSA, have infiltrated news media.
Can you imagine being a professional journalist, and making the fully rational decision that the hunter biden laptop story was the hill you wished to die upon, resigning in a huff from your employer of many years? Greenwald has lost a great deal of credibility. And now he's still harping on about it as if this supposed laptop is earth-shatteringly important news? Mostly I feel sorry for Greenwald and how clearly unhi…
If you remember three years ago the talking heads were chanting 'believe all women' in the middle of the Kavanaugh hearings despite the overwhelming lack of evidence. The double standard has to be addressed.
Greenwald has a lot of controversial views, but this isn't one of them. An objective press makes for a better society.
Wow. Just wow. I remember early cyberpunks talking about how the internet would enable infinite lies to spread and for the truth to be completely buried in the noise. And here we are. Now our entire reality has been taken over by people living in a fantasy world. No end in sight. Maybe they weren't nearly pessimistic enough.
What we ended up with today was Huxley's Brave New World, rather than the more feared 1984.
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What we ended up with today was Huxley's Brave New World, rather than the more feared 1984.
Ha my buddies and I have this debate. BNW to me is scarier for a couple of reasons: 1) it's more likely to happen 2) it will happen and you won't even realize it: there's no mustachioed man that is the antagonist.
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Gonna disagree there. I’ve worked with journalists (am not one) and it’s not BS as you seem to suggest.
Pre-2010, the MSM was often wrong but only slightly biased: journalists made an effort to find 2 sources. Sure, owners and local real estate developers had a lot of influence. Today, the MSM is literally fake news that conforms to leftist/DNC dogma. See my other post in this thread for why. You can see this in the common use of narrative keywords like "no widespread election fraud" and "insurrection" across multiple…
But, there wasn't. This has been backed up in courts and by various gov and independent agencies - and then reported in the news.
"insurrection"
The Capitol was stormed. You can even watch the video. There is evidence of advance planning by some groups involved (see Proud Boys and Oath Keepers etc.). It disrupted sessions of the House and the Senate. VP was evacuated by Secret Service. Many were armed. 5 people died, one of those shot as she tried to get into the barricaded doors of the House. At least one member of the police also killed. Extensive video footage exists documenting the day.