And on this we agree. An echo chamber of ignorance resulting in an excessive amount of stupid. And i do think there is a grand conspiracy behind it all: the co

And on this we agree. An echo chamber of ignorance resulting in an excessive amount of stupid. And i do think there is a grand conspiracy behind it all: the conspiracy to increase profit every year, no matter the method, for the faceless gods of our time... the Shareholders. Full disclosure: i am a member of "The Media". I'm on the entertainment side, so i sleep a little better knowing that most people know we peddle lies and watch anyways for diversion (as opposed to information ((if someone gets their facts from narrative fiction that is their own failing))). I was drinking away my regrets in a bar in DC one night and i got into an "exchange" with this seemingly intelligent young lady. When i countered one of her statements, she told me she was certain of her facts as she, "had seen it in a documentary". After chuckling into my cup, which in retrospect did not help the situation, i asked her why she thought that made it true. She told me that documentaries were not allowed to lie. At that time i was working on a "science" tv show for the channel that purports to tell the public about historical events. we were doing a bit on "lasers that could destroy [x] from space". not more than a day before we had interviewed a scientist who specialized in focused/directed energy devices. For 3+ hours the director had tried to get the guy to say the line we needed: the blah blah blah could destroy any place on the globe. Of course this scientist never said it, because it was not/ is not possible, at least not how the writers were asserting it. Finally, the poor, foolish scientist said something that the editors knew they could cut into a statement that would we work and we wrapped soon after. I never watched the Episode, but i remember shooting a mock up of the earth, two small mirrors, and a laser pointer simulating a giant death ray. It is when lies dress up as truth and all people do is ignore it or rationalize it that we get the horseshit that passes for news these days. Double disclosure: I'm an hour south of Bmore. I love that city. The cops are horrendous, both black and white, and many of the citizenry ignore it until a camera crew rolls up. I hate that the city is burning, but only because i am certain no one is going to learn anything from this.