...As someone who left journalism because of the lies and manipulations forced on good journalists or lose your job, media lies. They have to uphold the agenda of the shareholders...
I could not agree more with this statement. I have long thought that there is no such thing anymore as a "journalist" in the strictest sense of the word. When I was in school we were taught the "5 W's of journalism", i.e. Who, What, When, Where and Why. A good reporter was tasked with answering and addressing all of them, without injecting personal bias into the story; the first paragraph and especially the first sentence were expected to carry as much information as possible to "catch" the reader's interest; and, of course, grammar, spelling, punctuation and sentence structure...since they were coming from someone claiming to be a professional wordsmith...were expected to be perfect.
But today, questions go unanswered even if one manages to slog through to the end of the sloppily written and confusing diatribes that are presented as journalism. Innuendo, Misdirection, Opinion, Propaganda and Commercialism seem to be the five magic words. And somehow, in this day and age of electronic wizardry and AI-assisted spellchecking and grammar correction...virtually nobody seems capable of constructing a coherent sentence.
Sadly, I think that virtually everything else in your post is either paranoid delusion or a deliberate attempt at trolling. Humanity is a bunch of killer apes that have evolved to display some level of cooperation in small groups that gives us a competitive advantage. The bigger the groups become, the more this cooperation starts to break down. Our natural distrust of anything strange and different always stands in the way of the kind of global harmony of which so many dream. Governments screw up the simplest concepts by over-complicating them; bigger governments do so in even more spectacular fashion. Yet you are suggesting that some shadowy international "group" works behind the scenes of modern society to control our thoughts and actions while molding the world to fit their nefarious ends. The level of discipline, commitment and organization this would require is staggering; you are giving people as a whole far too much credit if you believe this is possible.
What I found most surprising and curious about your post was the fact that you quoted a post of mine at the beginning. There are people on MFK who seem to have limitless time and interest to sift through the media coverage of their favourite target topics, and to find some truly outlandish presentations of "facts" which they then thrust into the spotlight, ignoring other versions that are less flashy, less frightening or less "conspiracy-oriented" than those sparkling little gems of fantasy...and then there are those who dwell in blissful ignorance, living their day-to-day lives with little time spent in the pursuit of a cool-sounding version of what is laughably called The Truth.
I tend to place myself into the latter group. I'm not sure why you chose my comment to introduce yours...considering some of the other available material available right here in this thread.
edited, as this will eventually go nowhere. lol
You should have left the original version in place,
RD.
Of course this will go nowhere...but threads like this are about the journey, not the destination. The more turds in the toilet bowl, the more hypnotic the swirl...
