Anyone who's ever read even a little bit into the machinations of propaganda isn't surprised by today's media. Still, though, it's fascinating to actually see it happening so brazenly. It really is. Moreover, how many people continue to trust media despite the fact that it's been wrong, wrong, fucking dead-ass wrong about so much the past four years.
I'm not sure what's to be done. On one hand, you don't want the government stepping in to decide what's news and what's not. On the other, media is responsible for the lion's share of the divide in this country. It's also largely responsible for the hysteria, which is being used to strip Americans of their rights, over some disease that 99.9% of us will survive.
If we can punish corporations for false advertising, we should be able to punish media for lying their asses off. I just don't know how we could go about that without giving government powers that would inevitably be abused.
Anyone who's ever read even a little bit into the machinations of propaganda isn't surprised by today's media. Still, though, it's fascinating to actually see it happening so brazenly. It really is. Moreover, how many people continue to trust media despite the fact that it's been wrong, wrong, fucking dead-ass wrong about so much the past four years.
I'm not sure what's to be done. On one hand, you don't want the government stepping in to decide what's news and what's not. On the other, media is responsible for the lion's share of the divide in this country. It's also largely responsible for the hysteria, which is being used to strip Americans of their rights, over some disease that 99.9% of us will survive.
If we can punish corporations for false advertising, we should be able to punish media for lying their asses off. I just don't know how we could go about that without giving government powers that would inevitably be abused.