Maybe.
Who knows.
I can't read, so...
Warning, WARNING!!!! EYE CANCER
.How Disinformation Spreads, According to Chuck Todd!!!
Chuck Todd has had a front-row seat for the spread of disinformation. Here’s how he sees it happening and the media’s role in it
Chuck Todd has had a front-row seat for the spread of disinformation while hosting NBC’s Meet the Press. Whether it was Kellyanne Conway using the phrase “alternative facts” to dispute media reports about the crowd size at Trump’s inauguration, Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) blatantly using Russian talking points to blame Ukraine for interfering in the 2016 election, or Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) spreading Russian conspiracy theories, Todd has seen it all. I spoke with Todd about this erosion of truth ahead of an upcoming Dec. 29th special edition of Meet the Press that will focus on journalism and the weaponization of disinformation, and feature guests such as Marty Baron, executive editor of The Washington Post; Dean Baquet, executive editor of The New York Times; The New Yorker’s Masha Gessen; and former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul.
Rolling Stone (fucking disseminator of propaganda for the DNC for DECADES!!): What made you decide to devote an entire show to the topic of disinformation and fake news?
Chuckles 'Todd'( Norwegian for 'penis'): For the last two or three years we’ve been pondering a social media special like this. Last year we focused on climate change. But had we not done climate change, we were in the social media world thinking about what it was doing to our politics. And then you realize it’s the misinformation. This is bigger than social media. The Ukraine story for me really crystallized it. And for good or bad, our show has been at the forefront of this. The first Sunday of the Trump administration is when the phrase, “alternative facts” was debuted. It was on Meet the Press Rudy that Giuliani used the phrase “Truth isn’t truth.” So look, whether we’d liked it or not, our platform has been used, or they’ve attempted to use our platform to essentially disseminate, or to sort of, what I would say, is lay the groundwork for this.
Fucking shoot me.
Just spent literally 30 minutes looking through every Reddit account I have. Nothing!
There are "deplorables" of every creed, color, persuasion, probably gender (though that's not usually taken into account), sexuality, etc etc.
The Left is, at best, tasked with helping those of us who've missed the boat, failed to launch, and/or just chose a path less traveled in life and put off 9-to-5 and college for exploring this glorious country on foot? Also, perhaps, some have become embroiled in addiction and less savory things and are just now putting their lives together. I'm not here to judge. You're here, now. Presumably on the path to self-reliance and bettering yourself, right?
Same here.
So, I just want to make three points here:
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You're totally not alone if you're in this scene, die-hard Trump supporter, and don't have a 401k plan and three houses and a yacht and sending your kids to private school.
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It's a bit of a shock supporting the self-reliance candidate when it would seem that I should be supporting the party handing out gibs, right? But at what cost? I had what was a total mind-state flip, right as Trump was elected. In the days after the election, I realized that deep in the back of my mind I had been walking around looking for ways to get people to feel sorrow for me and give me help. Do something for me that would then allow me to succeed. (Now, maybe I'd be thinking differently now if I had plenty of money thrown my way and a dozen large national organizations promoting my form of victimhood. That would no doubt be harder to divest yourself from.) Anyways, in addition to being focused on the larger picture of immigration and Democrats tearing this country to shreds with divisiveness, on a personal level, I can't tell you how empowering it is to see my future as up to me and not some government bureaucrat that I have to schmooze and beg for help. So...
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In this age of open access, it's easier than ever to teach yourself subjects that would've cost thousands of dollars and much misery in terms of being publicly shamed about something you cannot help. Basically, you no longer have to pay for the pleasure of propping up racist assholes. LibGen, Sci-Hub, and The Pirate Bay Org are all places you can pick up an education for relatively little risk and for free. Plus, to gain accreditation so employers can see, on paper, presumably, what you have in your head, many online colleges and alternatives are opening up!
That is all.
Glad to be alive in this point in time. In the US and during the 2020's! Wooo
Be well. Oh, oh yeahyeahyeah. If you have any sort of substance abuse problem, please for the love of God try as hard as you can to limit the damage by using the least harmful substances and also look into SMART recovery and DBT, CBT, REBT stuff (that you can also find, for free, online!) It's a nightmare. I understand. As the song goes, "it's like living and dying at the same time!" Don't do yourself in. Don't add to the #DeathsOfDespair. We're always here for ya, pede. Be well and do what you can to make the world a better place! Ciao! Take care, all! ?? ✌
