Posted on Jul 4, 2015
Do you think the American public can handle the truth?
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The media and politicians isolate the American public and often we have to search three of four news sites in order to get a glimmer of the truth. Often that includes turning to foreign news sources such as the BBC and Aljazeera. What do you think?
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The concept of "controlling a narrative" seems to be popping up a lot recently. It may be like buying a new car and then seeing your car everywhere though.
It's obvious why politicians do it. They have a specific agenda, and a tailored narrative allows them to control a situation.
The media is less obvious. But the thing to remember is that they are NOT servants of the People. They are a profit oriented business, with their own agenda. Making money. Controlling a narrative is a great way to make money. Especially when your revenue is NOT from the People, but from your Sponsors. Sponsors INVEST in media narrative.
It's obvious why politicians do it. They have a specific agenda, and a tailored narrative allows them to control a situation.
The media is less obvious. But the thing to remember is that they are NOT servants of the People. They are a profit oriented business, with their own agenda. Making money. Controlling a narrative is a great way to make money. Especially when your revenue is NOT from the People, but from your Sponsors. Sponsors INVEST in media narrative.
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Might be better to address whether the public really wants the truth or not....once you move outside the circle of the general population, most things do not matter....consider the Benghazi failure and the death of Ambassador Stevens - while most military see this as a failure to take care of our own, it is not a big issue to the masses.
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COL Vincent Stoneking
Exactly this. Most people don't want to know. Because then they would feel obligated to understand & think things through. They would have to accept scary things that they don't like. They would have the weigh evidence and come to reasoned conclusions.
Whether you like the COL Jessup version, or the Churchill one, the majority of the public would just as soon that others do the heavy thinking & lifting.
Now what part is Kim K. going to oil next?
In all seriousness, I have stopped watching/reading almost all domestically produced "news media", relying on internet sources (whose known biases are at least not counter to mine), BBC, AJ (which still blows my mind, but the english version has a fairly high fact content), and the occasional local news broadcast (for actual local news).
Whether you like the COL Jessup version, or the Churchill one, the majority of the public would just as soon that others do the heavy thinking & lifting.
Now what part is Kim K. going to oil next?
In all seriousness, I have stopped watching/reading almost all domestically produced "news media", relying on internet sources (whose known biases are at least not counter to mine), BBC, AJ (which still blows my mind, but the english version has a fairly high fact content), and the occasional local news broadcast (for actual local news).
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I think we can handle the truth. However, as long as our media consists of for-profit institutions, we'll continue to receive the news coverage that best promotes their financial interests (and that coverage will almost certainly deviate from the full truth). With that being said, letting the government control the media certainly isn't an answer either. So, I think we're stuck with the status quo of slanted agendas in the media, and we'll just have to sort out the details on our own.
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