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I advocate on grassroots political issues locally. There is a special interest group that has much more sway than the general public is aware over local policy

I advocate on grassroots political issues locally. There is a special interest group that has much more sway than the general public is aware over local policy decisions (to the extent that they head two local, theoretically competing political parties). In the last 12 months, I have brought this up at least a dozen times in media interviews, letters to the editor, etc. It has gotten nearly no media attention. Eventually I just asked one of the interviewers why this aspect of our advocacy was getting no coverage, and she plainly stated that her editors would not publish this information, because they are part of this special interest group. Take this and scale it nationally. Our news media does not serve its stated purpose. It is simply another mechanism for control. There has never been a time in history where the news media has been a bastion of unbiased, informed reporting.

mleonhard 5y ago
Chomsky explained this very thoroughly in the book Manufacturing Consent.
GauntletWizard 5y ago
I just don't understand why we're all so afraid to make noise about the small grift. I have a neighbor who consistently causes environmental issues and is constantly complaining whenever anyone in the neighborhood actually... Lives. Parties in our backyards get the cops called, and I'm not talking about loud college parties; I'm talking about 50-somethings with wine and cheese. She's the campaign manager for some obnoxious local political entity. Nobody will even talk about it, we're all so cowed. I just don't get why we're afraid to talk about it. Even far away; I guess it's too easy to link back and retaliation is too easy and impactful.