That's why I've been interested for years, in how the media work, in
journalism, in what kinds of information is being provided to people.
Interestingly, most of the people I knew, even those who considered themselves
to be "liberal", never seemed to care. There's a podcast, Citations Needed,
which I learned about from Counterspin,, both of which are about the media.
Citations Needed is a bit more to the left and less scripted, although the
episode that I heard yesterday, which had to do with whether or not the media
should be commenting on Trump's mental condition, miss an important point, I
thought. But even our left of center, independent media is slanted. I keep
talking about Rania Khalek, who has been to Iraq and Syria on and off, up to
the present, who is supportive of secular democracy, and whose reporting is
refused and negated by everyone including The Nation, The Intercept, and
Democracy Now because she doesn't sound condemnatory enough about Assad, even
though she is very clear that he is an authoritarian leader. But she isn't
routing for regime change. And she keeps repeating that the US is supporting
extremist groups there.
Miriam
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2017 11:01 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Kiss Your Ass Goodbye was RE: Re: I apologize
Bob and All Lovers of Information.
Today(Friday, September 22, 2017) Flashpoint has a program well worth hunting
down and listening to. The topic is Propaganda. The examples are focused on
how Americans have been conditioned by Israel's
constant hammering against Palestine. In case there might be someone
on this list who still believes that the American Empire's Media tells the
Truth, give this Flashpoint a listen. How many ways have we had our English
language turned against us?
How do we make sound, rational judgements when the information fed to us is
contaminated with untruths?
In the Rehabilitation Programs we hear over and over the term, Informed Choice.
Of course I just shake my head whenever some Vocational Counselor tells me
that they make certain that all of their clients have informed choice. At best
it is "conditional choice". We have called clients, Participants and Partners,
in the past, trying to emphasize to them that they have an equal share in their
rehabilitation process. But of course they can't have any such thing.
Not when the only information comes to them, filtered through their Counselor.
The same thing applies in any decision we make in our daily life. We are
trusting various sources for the information we need to make the right choices.
Of course, for many Americans, the answer is to commit to one "Fearless Leader"
and follow him mindlessly. These are the "Trumpers". They are not stupid
people, they are probably, at worst, politically lazy. "My mind is made up,
don't confuse me with facts".
It's past time that the Working Class and its imaginary Middle Class, get off
the sidelines and back into the game.
Carl Jarvis
On 9/21/17, Bob Hachey <bhachey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Miriam and all,
I usually listen to the democracy Now podcast in the evenings. Thanks
for the lovely preview! (Smirk Smirk) Below my name, find a link to
what to do in the event of nuclear war.
Clue: Put your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye.
Bob Hachey
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