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It's interesting to read their spin.
by affiliator 17y ago
It's interesting to read their spin.
- delackner 17y agoDuring historical conflicts between the US and nations that didn't have freedom of the press, there are countless stories of the other side's government believing that because their own media was a total sham, regardless of our statements to the contrary, our own media must therefore be full of lies. The common response to this sort of story is to laugh and say how little they understood the power of a truly free press. And this is true for its part, but it is also true that there is goverment and now corporate propaganda mixed into the "reputable" news. Not of the same scale or variety, but it is there nonetheless.
- locopati 17y agoI think you overestimate the truthfulness of our mainstream free press and cable news media.
- blasdel 17y agoOur media has the tremendous courage to paraphrase Government and Corporate press releases in inverted-pyramid form instead of simply reprinting them. I'm sure you've noticed how unbelievably bad science reporting is, but I don't think you realize that most other subjects are even worse. They're all stenographers, from the hungriest PR flack to Woodward and Bernstein (they were spoonfed everything by the fucking FBI!).
- lostintech 17y agoUnless you consider about the fact they've totally ignored the gmail hacking incident and the various espionage activities.