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> I felt as though in the 90s CNN legitimately was a good news source. Nope. They were the original cheerleaders of modern militarism, from the first Persian
by sammalloy 4y ago
> I felt as though in the 90s CNN legitimately was a good news source.
Nope. They were the original cheerleaders of modern militarism, from the first Persian Gulf War, which they turned into an infotainment spectacle devoid of any serious critical analysis, to their promotion of NAFTA and neo-liberalism. This idea that things were better in the past is a form of rosy retrospection and nostalgia. Things weren’t better, they just hid the bullshit under thicker layers of opaqueness. And I say this as a progressive liberal who has always hated CNN and despises Fox.
- chickenimprint 4y agoWhat's wrong with supporting the first Gulf War, NAFTA or neoliberalism? These are all popular and reasonable positions.
- athrowaway12 4y agoIt goes back into at least the 80s as well. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent