Mainstream News Enemy Of People.

[DBCowboy]

The trap is that left, right, or centrist, you're still defining your political context and applicable worldview by your alignment with referents and definitions that are provided by the media. That's where the control happens. Narrative crafting is about defining the corral in which dissent can occur, not specific opinion that 'should' be held. It's call "framing". See also: Overton Window, which I imagine everyone here is familiar with.

An easy solution.

Be a Constitutionalist.

Always default to the Constitution.

Not opinion or mob rule.

[UltraBudgie]

An easy solution.

Be a Constitutionalist.

Always default to the Constitution.

Not opinion or mob rule.

Well yes, that works for some, and it is an excellent concrete referent in my opinion.

But I also think that saying Constitutionalism solves all political and public policy problems is sort of like saying Materialism solves all spiritual and religious problems.

[DBCowboy]

Well yes, that works for some, and it is an excellent concrete referent in my opinion.

But I also think that saying Constitutionalism solves all political and public policy problems is sort of like saying Materialism solves all spiritual and religious problems.

It's a great default.

"Shall not infringe" could apply to just about everything.

[Maxmars]

I've been guilty of a heavy bias against what I generally call "media," has become.
But truthfully, who could have expected otherwise?

We changed the definition of what the words 'press' and 'journalism' and 'public service' mean.

Well... someone did.

I remember when some friends were actually shocked to learn that no "news" agency is "obliged" to report truthfully.
That no agency isn't under the financial thumb of some conglomerate, cabal, regime, or empire.

Journalist all seem to think that the news is "what the say it is" and so report it.

I get it...
dispassion is harder, and prone to rub the powerful the wrong way...
(they mus be appeased.)

Public service used to be about extending yourself and your professional skills to achieve those matters the community holds as priorities...

Now it means participating in the selling of your interests to your party demands.  Selling your 'influence' to "sponsors" both political and 'otherwise.'  It's largely about appearances...
and those who literally create, control, and contain them.

What the hell could we expect....

Rational legislation proscribing this kind of 'activity' within the apparatus of governance?

Yeah... the show must go on...

[IdeomotorPrisoner]

Okay...

So The Big 5?

Then, the enemies of America are:

1. Walt-Disney Company (198 B)

• ABC News
• ABC affiliate stations
• Marvel
• Star Wars

2. Comcast (103.5 B)

• (evil) NBC/Universal
• NBC News
• NBC affiliate stations
• Sky News
• Telemundo
• CNBC
• MSNBC
• Buzzfeed/Huff Post (stake only)


3. Warner Brother (69 B)

• The CW* (joint with Paramount)
• CNN
• DC Comics

4. News Corp/Fox Corporation (17.1 B)

• Fox affiliate stations 
• Fox News
• Fox Business
• Wall Street Journal
• Market Watch
• New York Post
• The Sun
• The Second Trump Administration* 

* Listed for the 19 Fox News employees appointed to positions they aren't the slightest bit qualified for. 

5. Paramount Global (12.07 B) 

• CBS News
• CBS affiliate stations
• The CW
• Comedy Central
• MTV

Thats too many enemies!

Superheroes are enemies too?
ComicCon is entirely enemies.
And no local news anymore, unless its like KTLA..

[UltraBudgie]

Superheroes are enemies too?
ComicCon is entirely enemies.

Would be an interesting thread about the background of CIA front Perfect Film and Chemical, Marvel's parent company.

[IdeomotorPrisoner]

Would be an interesting thread about the background of CIA front Perfect Film and Chemical, Marvel's parent company.

Actually my purpose for that post was to NOT LET News Corp/Fox News escape their mainstream status anymore. 

Even by local affiliate logic.

All cities over a certain size have at least 5 local news stations. An ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, a CW, and at one point a PBS. The fluffy clouds channel. 

Thats why people need to stop exempting Fox News from main stream media classification.  They are just as everpresent and main stream. Selling their movie studio to Disney doesn't extract them from "Big Media" contention. 

And not to take another bitchy pulpit, but I am annoyed by the "News Corp Exemption." 

Its annoying when the sometimes lengthy ranting about evil "mainstream media" (With "MSM" newspeak aconym) is in the same post that links Fox News then The New York Post. It's too ominous of immpending doom to be ironic-funny..

I've come to accept and expect that is going to happen, but there's just too much hypocritical downside when that doesnt get noticed. Or even realized. Or considered to be something that applies. Or accepted when pointed out. Or anything that doesnt fit the bizarre human desire for a rigid linear narrative of defined good and evil with no in-between or grey area.

Sometimes I think Catcher In The Rye would have been better if Holden suggested to his sister he wants to put targets or jagged spikes at the bottom of the cliff instead.

[Karl12]

Would be an interesting thread about the background of CIA front Perfect Film and Chemical, Marvel's parent company.

Good call mate, also don't think you can discuss this subject without bringing up the largest controlling shareholder in the six major media companies.

Apparently there's a 'revolving door' between them and the CIA.

According to a 2023 report by the Institute for Public Accuracy, BlackRock and Vanguard are key players, emerging as the largest shareholders in six major media companies that collectively dominate over 90% of the U.S. media landscape. But that's not all; beyond their shares in major media giants, BlackRock's influence extends to a significant number of smaller media companies. For instance, did you know that BlackRock is the largest shareholder in Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns a staggering 223 television stations across the United States? Not to mention their stake in Graham Media Group, which owns 40 television stations and several popular magazines.

link

CIA.

A Revolving Door: BlackRock, Government, and the CIA

BlackRock’s entanglement with the U.S. government extends deeply into intelligence and defense sectors. Public records and CIA disclosures reveal numerous instances of personnel exchanges between BlackRock and federal intelligence agencies. High-ranking CIA and Department of Defense officials have transitioned seamlessly to BlackRock executive roles, creating an alarming revolving door that blurs lines between private financial interests and public security policy.

link

Also found there to be some really interesting hot links in this lot.


• How BlackRock Conquered the World - Part 1 / 2 / 3

[UltraBudgie]

Thats why people need to stop exempting Fox News from main stream media classification.

Of course Fox News is part of the mainstream media.

They're just not part of the lamestream media.

Simple distinction.



Anyway....

Partisanship is shallow. It's part of the program.

[Karl12]

As well as being the controlling shareholders of 'big media' looks like BlackRock also pursued the same model with 'big pharma' and there quite a few CIA interlocks there (including this one involving RNA Moderna boosters).

Apparently major media outlets share at least one board member with (at least) one pharmaceutical company and there's a vid below charting the five billion dollar per year revenue stream between big media and big pharma and the staggering loss of public trust experienced by both.




• The US Drug Companies Completely Own Our Mainstream Media

With the exception of CBS, every major media outlet in the United States shares at least one board member with at least one pharmaceutical company. To put that into perspective: These board members wake up, go to a meeting at Merck or Pfizer, then they have their driver take them over to a meeting with NBC to decide what kind of programming that network is going to air.

Don't really care about anyone's political views but the obscene way 'big pharma' abuses its position and manipulates, curates and dictates the news media is also brought up here at 20:40 by RFK (also looks like Government regulatory agencies have been bought off).