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The Snowden/NSA stuff doesn't fall outside of oligarchical perspectives. Tons of Silicon Valley companies for example, some of the most valuable in the world, a
by abalone 12y ago
The Snowden/NSA stuff doesn't fall outside of oligarchical perspectives. Tons of Silicon Valley companies for example, some of the most valuable in the world, are super anti domestic spying.
The U.S. media system vigorously debates stuff that falls within the elite spectrum of opinion. But on issues that fall outside of that it is quite propagandistic. In fact that vigorous debate masks the ultimate bias of it. For example, major media is usually very nationalistic about U.S. wars. There may be some debate about how costly they are (to us) but rarely over their morality. That's why you can hold up Snowden as an example, but not the U.S. wars in the Middle East.
- peteretep 12y ago> doesn't fall outside of oligarchical perspectives http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman > within the elite spectrum of opinion. But on issues that > fall outside of that it is quite propagandistic Occam's razor wants you to know that this means the elite have opinions on the same spectrum as the general public > major media is usually very nationalistic about U.S. > wars US TV media is recently very nationalistic about U.S. wars; certainly weren't about Vietnam, for example. Accusing the NYT of being pro-Middle-Eastern war is a reach, and NYT is both the most respected newspaper in the US, but also, CRUCIALLY, the news source that is being censored here.