That is certainly true and, in fact, the Republicans always complained about
the media, calling it, "the liberal media" which was, in their minds, an insult.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 9:01 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: FW: What just happened?
Miriam,
With a positive plan for improving the Media, I consider being mistrustful of
the Media to be a virtue.
But Donald Trump and his Cohorts are using mistrust as a front, covering their
efforts to destroy any possible source of unfavorable information.
Carl Jarvis
On 12/10/19, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Carl,
In response, I would say that it isn't organized religion that causes
people to follow along, it's human nature. Organized religion was the next
step.
But long before organized religion, people were attempting to find
ways to explain the world and the things that happened. They chose the
simple answers that were available to them like spirits or Gods. As
societies became more complex, so did the explanations so we then got
organized religion and science. As for the media, it's owned by
corporations and its practitioners want to have successful careers. In
order to have successful careers, the reporters need access to
powerful people. They also need to write stories that will be printed
or televised, or whatever. The stories have to catch the public's interest
and keep the public's loyalty.
I know that the media has always been subservient to our government.
But there were rules that prevented their complete surrender. We had
an Ed Murrow and Seymour Hersh. But yesterday when the clock radio
turned on, the first thing I heard was that Russia is banned from the
Olympics because of doing something that I'll bet dollars to
doughnuts, the US also does. Most likely all the countries give drugs
to their athletes to enhance their performances. What our government
compliant media has done, is to make me mistrustful of everything I hear and
read.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2019 2:41 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: FW: What just happened?
Miriam,
In the past you have expressed some concern regarding my outbursts
against religion. Our current dilemma speaks to my belief that
organized religion conditions people to place their trust in their
leader(God)and to wait for the coming of better days.
While I will never call the Media the enemy of the people, I do have
to express doubts as to the Media's support for the American Working
Class. I find that the Press has been supporting "The People" since
the inception of the nation...just not All the People.
And now before I get wound up, we've a client to visit, and I need to
get dressed.
Carl Jarvis
12/10/19, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
And there are still people who believe that they are. I have to
admit that while Bill Clinton was President, I wasn't fully aware of
all the damage he was doing, although there were things that bothered
me terribly, like his welfare reform. But I was focused on other
stuff and I certainly didn't have access to all of the information
that I have now. Back then, I still trusted National Public Radio.
But I remember how I could never comfortably accept what the liberal
media were telling me about the economy and world trade.
Now, I can't believe that people still trust Hillary and mourn her
loss of the presidency. In my podcast world of young journalists, and
a few not so young journalists, I have found real live compatriots.
Most of them support Bernie, although they recognize his flaws in
terms of foreign policy.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2019 1:04 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: FW: What just happened?
And these are our "friends". Imagine!
Carl Jarvis
On 12/10/19, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yeah right! Pelosi and my congressman are going to be swayed by a
phone call or an email. The bastards are also approving a new NAFTA
which is no better than the one we have. They also took all of the
useful parts out of the bill on drug prices. It’s absolutely scandalous!
Miriam
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