42 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bell_curve 16 Jul \ on: Propaganda: How the media handles Biden's rapid decline and the Trump shooting news
The concern with perserving narratives has always been present with the mainstream media but in the last 10 years it has been a gigantic problem.
The corporate media has no shame. When did they become so brazen? 2005? 2010? 2015?
I think it coincided with the popularity of Facebook and Twitter.
We saw in October 2020 how the media could suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story by suspending NY Post Twitter account. That was the critical first step.
Journalists and media personalities cannot leave Twitter or X no matter how much they dislike Musk. I remember so many posted a 'final' tweet and said goodbye but within a year they were all back lol
According to Sharyl Atkisson, the term 'fake news' started in 2015 or 2016 with Obama not Trump. Obama wanted Google and Facebook et al to censor or suppress 'fake news'.
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13 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 16 Jul
It's tough to say. To some extent, they've always been flagrant liars, but we didn't have the tools to catch them. However, it does seem like narrative preservation has been their primary task since the War on Terror began.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 16 Jul
Washington Post hated Agnew and Nixon. Ben Bradley was a friend of JFK and RFK. Same with Katherine Graham.
The corporate media is an extension of Hollywood sometimes.
Reagan? He drove the media insane with tax cuts, deregulation, supply side, welfare queens, evil empire and Star Wars.
Nixon and Reagan received a double dose because they were residents of California. Their campaign headquarters on election night used to be the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
The tools to catch their lies can also be used to accentuate their lies. Network force multiple effect.
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