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I'm glad to see everyone's realizing that the news is nothing but a constant lie by the ruling class to make us do things they want us to do. I can't comprehend

I'm glad to see everyone's realizing that the news is nothing but a constant lie by the ruling class to make us do things they want us to do. I can't comprehend how anyone could trust it. It has been admitted by countless people that there are government agents at the highest levels of all the most important corporations, especially news outlets. I find it funny that Democrats had a big surge of thinking highly of the news when it was on a 24/7 fuck trump loop for 6 years straight.

allears 3y ago
You don't have to believe in conspiracy theories to realize that media is untrustworthy. It's your attention that they're after, and selling your attention is how their profits are made. Like any good capitalistic enterprise, there are no holds barred in their pursuit, and if the truth is a casualty, that's just collateral damage.
- principlewalter 3y ago
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adamredwoods 3y ago
>> the news is nothing but a constant lie Wow, how did you come to this conclusion? News is an onion, in that there are many many layers. Every single news story (from established sources that strive for truth) has truth and bias in it, and it is up to the viewer to realize that we have to put effort into aggregating from different sources. Single source news is not recommended. It's a lot of work to get unbiased information, and I don't know if it exists in the world. Even your own perception is biased (consider the parable of the blind men and the elephant). Constant lie? No. Biased? Yes.
- zrn900 3y ago
  > News is an onion, in that there are many many layers. Every single news story (from established sources that strive for truth) has truth and bias in it If there was any 'truth' in anything that the modern Western msm pushes, they wouldnt be able to lie about nonexistent WMDs for 8 years straight without even one of them breaking the line. Anyone who thinks that was a 'one time' affair is a gullible fool.
zrn900 3y ago
Amazing how there are still those who are gullible enough to downvote your post only 20 years after Iraq war... They must think the media collectively collaborating to push the WMD lie without even one of them breaking the line was a 'one time' affair and not the act of an orchestrated, organized and well-run establishment. They lied just 'that one time'. Not before, not after. Even if lying is immensely profitable and with absolutely no consequence.
- mindslight 3y ago
  I saw through the Iraq war push at the time, and it's very obvious to me that the media has an overwhelming corporatist agenda. The problem with OP's comment is the insinuation that the criticism of Trump was all some fake media push. This gaslighting narrative gets put in ever more stark relief as that petulant con artist's influence continues to fade. What actually happened is that the interests of corporatists and individuals became more aligned when American institutions were under attack.
  - BillyTheMage 3y ago
    Oh geez I realize why I was downvoted now. I wasn't insinuating Trump's criticism was fake. That was a separate comment denoted by it being on a separate line. Just thought it was funny that's when they suddenly started believing in it more.

allears 3y ago

You don't have to believe in conspiracy theories to realize that media is untrustworthy. It's your attention that they're after, and selling your attention is how their profits are made. Like any good capitalistic enterprise, there are no holds barred in their pursuit, and if the truth is a casualty, that's just collateral damage.

principlewalter 3y ago
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adamredwoods 3y ago

>> the news is nothing but a constant lie Wow, how did you come to this conclusion? News is an onion, in that there are many many layers. Every single news story (from established sources that strive for truth) has truth and bias in it, and it is up to the viewer to realize that we have to put effort into aggregating from different sources. Single source news is not recommended. It's a lot of work to get unbiased information, and I don't know if it exists in the world. Even your own perception is biased (consider the parable of the blind men and the elephant). Constant lie? No. Biased? Yes.

zrn900 3y ago
> News is an onion, in that there are many many layers. Every single news story (from established sources that strive for truth) has truth and bias in it If there was any 'truth' in anything that the modern Western msm pushes, they wouldnt be able to lie about nonexistent WMDs for 8 years straight without even one of them breaking the line. Anyone who thinks that was a 'one time' affair is a gullible fool.

zrn900 3y ago

Amazing how there are still those who are gullible enough to downvote your post only 20 years after Iraq war... They must think the media collectively collaborating to push the WMD lie without even one of them breaking the line was a 'one time' affair and not the act of an orchestrated, organized and well-run establishment. They lied just 'that one time'. Not before, not after. Even if lying is immensely profitable and with absolutely no consequence.

mindslight 3y ago
I saw through the Iraq war push at the time, and it's very obvious to me that the media has an overwhelming corporatist agenda. The problem with OP's comment is the insinuation that the criticism of Trump was all some fake media push. This gaslighting narrative gets put in ever more stark relief as that petulant con artist's influence continues to fade. What actually happened is that the interests of corporatists and individuals became more aligned when American institutions were under attack.
- BillyTheMage 3y ago
  Oh geez I realize why I was downvoted now. I wasn't insinuating Trump's criticism was fake. That was a separate comment denoted by it being on a separate line. Just thought it was funny that's when they suddenly started believing in it more.