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K “‘Main’ sounds normal and ‘Stream’ sounds bucolic. Even the messaging is deceptive. How about using ‘WSM’ for ‘War/Wall Street Media’ to describe the corporate media.”
J “The alternative media is shrill, strident and polarizing. I am not unaware that the legacy media is favorably disposed to promote more war than necessary and to protect Wall Street to the exclusion of Main Street.”
K “We need an alternative alternative media.”
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K “One week the NYT proclaims that Russian is running out of bombs and then the next week the NYT screams that Russia is preparing to run into Paris. Seems inconsistent to me.”
J “The NYT is part of the message machine.”
K “After reading the paper for many decades, I concluded a few years ago that any comment in the NYT is presumptively but rebuttably false. After reading the NYT, I am confident that Russia is not running out of bombs and is not preparing to run into Paris. After reading independent and credible sources in the alternative alternative media, I am very confident that Russia is not running out of bombs and is not preparing to run into Paris.”
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Bumper stickers of the week:
Propaganda is not just about creating fake news. Propaganda is also about hiding real news.
Be skeptical of the WSM
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