- 28 Aug 2018 15:37
#14942876
In the following quote, Jonathan Cook offers a list of the ways in which commercial media can destroy a politician's career if the elite doesn't feel comfortable with him/her.
So here, in order of tactics, is the list that Cook proposes, from mildest to strongest:
1. Accuse of anti-semitism
2. Accuse of sex crimes
3. Assassinate
Of course, I could have inserted a few milder lies that mass media could establish before going all the way to "anti-semitism smears," for example, the media could insinuate financial irregularities and marital infidelity.... before resorting to anti-semitism or sex-crime smears.
I think we have seen a huge increase of Strategy number 2 lately, in the form of MeToo#. Does this mean our elite felt the need to silence a lot of voices as of late?
Likewise, if the anti-semite smears don't stick, will Jeremy Corbyn next be accused of "fondling interns" or might it get much worse?
Do you think there are other media smears that I have missed?
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In the following quote, Jonathan Cook offers a list of the ways in which commercial media can destroy a politician's career if the elite doesn't feel comfortable with him/her.
In an article about how the media elite are trying to use anti-semitism smears to rid themselves of socially aware Jeremy Corbyn, Jonathan Cook wrote:The corporate elite weaponised anti-semitism not because they care about the safety of Jews, or because they really believe that Corbyn is an anti-semite. They chose it because it is the most destructive weapon – short of sex-crime smears and assassination – they have in their armoury.
So here, in order of tactics, is the list that Cook proposes, from mildest to strongest:
1. Accuse of anti-semitism
2. Accuse of sex crimes
3. Assassinate
Of course, I could have inserted a few milder lies that mass media could establish before going all the way to "anti-semitism smears," for example, the media could insinuate financial irregularities and marital infidelity.... before resorting to anti-semitism or sex-crime smears.
I think we have seen a huge increase of Strategy number 2 lately, in the form of MeToo#. Does this mean our elite felt the need to silence a lot of voices as of late?
Likewise, if the anti-semite smears don't stick, will Jeremy Corbyn next be accused of "fondling interns" or might it get much worse?
Do you think there are other media smears that I have missed?
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The goal is to use Afghanistan to wash money out of the tax bases of the US and Europe through Afghanistan and back into the hands of a transnational security elite.
The goal is an endless war, not a successful war.
— Julian Assange
The goal is to use Afghanistan to wash money out of the tax bases of the US and Europe through Afghanistan and back into the hands of a transnational security elite.
The goal is an endless war, not a successful war.
— Julian Assange
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