"The octopus is oppressing America, and it is destroying America. In the New York Times the country seems literally on the brink of anarchy and war, all in serv

"The octopus is oppressing America, and it is destroying America. In the New York Times the country seems literally on the brink of anarchy and war, all in service, to the power of the New York Times. Look what is happening! When times are good and people are happy and fulfilled and successful the New York Times is an irrelevant bore. When the world is ending as they would have you believe (it is not) they become more powerful than the president. They are the ones that choose the president. You may think that if you vote for Trump or Biden that it will get better. It will not! It will only get worse! The only way to get better is to stop reading the New York Times. And stop writing for any of its tentacles." This resonates with me especially. In a time of excess we are led too often to believe we are on the brink of collapse. Manufactured crises. Relevant readings talking about the NYT and journalism: - https://savingjournalism.substack.com/p/how-newspapers-handle-corrections https://savingjournalism.substack.com/p/how-newspapers-handl... - https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/65213-briefly-stated-the-gell-mann-amnesia-effect-is-as-follows-you https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/65213-briefly-stated-the-ge... - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26122924 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26122924