Suppression/Propaganda in Media

[Belligerent Savant]

@aaronjmate

Since 2016, US media fervently promoted a Clinton-funded conspiracy theory that Trump and Putin conspired. They excluded any of us who challenged it: we were not allowed to be acknowledged.

JD Vance reminds @jaketapper of this, telling him that "a viewer of your network would have believed that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin conspired in 2016."

Tapper denies this, responding: "No, no -- we covered an FBI investigation."

This is why no one trusts corporate media anymore: not only do they spread laughable propaganda, they refuse to take any accountability for it, even years later.

https://x.com/aaronjmate/status/1850560131336982936

[Belligerent Savant]

You know it's bad when Bezos is correct.

[SonicG]

Glenn Greenwald

@ggreenwald
Hilarious: the NYT identifies "a stream of conspiracy theories" on Truth Social:

* The US has a Deep State: a permanent secret DC power faction.

* Kamala and the media hid Biden's failing health.

* The US blew up Nord Stream 2.

* The Soros' use their wealth to control Dems.

And it's all perfectly shit-coated:

Get some crazy Trump Qanon loonies to pile shit on top what are absolute truths, not "conspiracies", and voila, people who have known the NYT is absolute (Deep) State propaganda since "Manufacturing Consent" or "Lies of Our Times" in the 1990s (at least) are now "Putin Stooges", "so far Left they have gone Right" etc. I had never seen the claim that the US blew up Nord Stream to start WW3 but rather to hurt Russia financially as well as damage the European, especially German, manufacturing base and sell more US gas (at higher prices). To wit:

For the First Time in 87-Year History, Volkswagen May Close Factories
The auto maker’s top employee representative told workers that management planned to shutter three factories in Germany to cut costs amid slumping sales.
Volkswagen could shut down as many as three factories in Germany and lay off tens of thousands of workers as it seeks to regain its edge in Europe amid slumping sales and increased competition from China, the company’s top employee representative said Monday.
The closures would be the first in the 87-year history of the company, Germany’s largest employer, and would be a further blow to the country’s already stagnant economy.(NYT)

Strangely, the NYT article does not include this reason:

CEO Oliver Blume cited new competitors entering European markets, Germany’s deteriorating position as a manufacturing location and the need to “act decisively.” (Japan Times)

In the linked NYT piece about the slumping German economy skirts the loss of Nord Stream while hinting at the effects of Biden's Build Back Better (without any real explanation) but somehow Trump is really to blame:

But geopolitical crises and new industrial rivalries in China and the United States have weakened demand for German-made products abroad. Germany grew rich in recent decades by selling its goods to the world, racking up a trade surplus that strained ties with the United States under President Donald J. Trump.

[Elvis]

Do you imagine there are no right-wingers at NPR? Have you ever listened to "Planet Money"? Or a typical "All Things Considered" show? While perceived as on the progressive side, NPR is dripping with rightwing economics & politics.

Berliner is part of the problem at NPR. He's a rightwinger.

Can you explain precisely how Berliner — a longtime employee of NPR, recently fired for expressing his views publicly — is a ‘rightwinger’?

[Belligerent Savant]

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This dodges the question.

What, specifically, is the basis for the position that Berliner is a "right winger"?

The argument that NPR has ANY "right wing" slant would be laughable to most. That aside, just like EVERY source of "NEWS" media readily available for consumption, it is INDEED COMPROMISED, riddled with MISinfo and DISinfo. NPR generally panders/caters to a certain (broadly "liberal") demo, in the same way that FOX News and related entities generally cater to different (broadly "conservative") demos, but all such outlets ultimately further enforce Status Quo narratives to keep the majority subscribing and participating in policies and narratives detrimental to the majority.

[Elvis]

NPR's rightwing slant is baked into the cake—perpetuating & reinforcing rightwing economics and neocon warmongering. The "liberal" aspect is the sugar coating that tastes good.

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