> Unlike in the Iraq War, where the only cameras were controlled by a handful of journalists and the US military It was an interesting read, but the guy is abo

> Unlike in the Iraq War, where the only cameras were controlled by a handful of journalists and the US military It was an interesting read, but the guy is about 10 years too late. Social media today is most definitely controlled by a few news companies and the state ( military/admin/etc ). Especially when it comes to important news events. > The Pentagon learned a lesson from that conflict, which was: Control the information and imagery at all costs. And they applied that lesson in the Iraq War. As if the pentagon didn't know before the vietnam war to control the information and imagery at all costs. Of course they did. They controlled all the information. It was the state that decided to end the war. Not journalists. Not the people. > And with social media, artificial intelligence and Internet-enabled crowd-sourcing, the intelligence will belong to the global public. And that changes everything. The state curated, censored and controlled social media changes everything? Don't think so.