- 22 Dec 2019 23:25
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This Swiss group has discovered that virtually all Western news comes from three sources: two of them are corporate entities owned by billionaires (hopelessly biased by design), and then there's the other one - AFP - which is owned by the French government (hopelessly biased now in favor of the same billionaire class but at least this one could be seized by a different kind of French Republic in the future).
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In this article, Caitlin Johnson argues that the entire point of advertising, PR, policial campaigning, etc. is to lower the audience's self esteem and distort its ability to make rational choices, and that this manipulation - at the mass scale of commercial media - does harm at an equally great scale:
Swiss Propaganda Research wrote: The Propaganda Multiplier
It is one of the most important aspects of our media system, and yet hardly known to the public: most of the international news coverage in Western media is provided by only three global news agencies based in New York, London and Paris.
The key role played by these agencies means Western media often report on the same topics, even using the same wording. In addition, governments, military and intelligence services use these global news agencies as multipliers to spread their messages around the world.
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This Swiss group has discovered that virtually all Western news comes from three sources: two of them are corporate entities owned by billionaires (hopelessly biased by design), and then there's the other one - AFP - which is owned by the French government (hopelessly biased now in favor of the same billionaire class but at least this one could be seized by a different kind of French Republic in the future).
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Caitlin Johnstone wrote:Spot The Manipulators In Your Own Life: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
The real underlying currency of our world is not gold, nor bureaucratic fiat, nor even military might. The real underlying currency of our world is narrative, and the ability to control it. Everything always comes down to this one real currency. If you look at what all these think tanks, NGOs, media outlets and grant making networks that billionaires pour their money into actually do, it ultimately boils down to controlling the dominant stories that people tell about what’s going on in their world.
If you want to understand how narrative management works in the world, pay attention to how it plays out in your own life. What are some popular narratives within your family, perhaps about one of your family members, that don’t reflect reality? What subjects are off limits in your immediate or extended family, and why? Who do you know that repeatedly spins narratives about the kind of person they are, or the kind of person you are? ...
In this article, Caitlin Johnson argues that the entire point of advertising, PR, policial campaigning, etc. is to lower the audience's self esteem and distort its ability to make rational choices, and that this manipulation - at the mass scale of commercial media - does harm at an equally great scale:
There are exactly zero babies in the mainstream media bathwater. It’s a propaganda network which manufactures consent for mass murder, oppression and exploitation, and it deserves nothing other than total obliteration. Toss it all out.
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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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