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I can't get over the amount of dishonesty, propaganda and coercion being brought to bear on this.  I wonder if any of the proponents are aware that thanks to those things, their credibility has tanked not only on this issue, but overall.   That they're are losing "hearts and minds" because it's all been so ridiculous and heavy-handed.

When your lifestyle depends on getting the public to watch and listen at your feet and not at your competitor's, continuity of a
narrative eventually loses it's significance. The media and those they serve will deafen the environment with examples and
explanations of a theme until their goal is acquired.

Then... look, a young Minke whale gets stuck in the river Thames and had to be killed.
Look, some crazy shoots his wife and kids because of easy access to guns.
Oh my... Mr Fauci advises that we should wear masks at every flu-season, a joke within itself!

Your comment of 'hearts & minds' is correct because of their ingrained Class status. The public they preach to are dumb... you
and me, dumb as rocks. When selling your wares to such stupid folk, concerns of confusion and disillusionment are not needed.
What are you going to do...? NOT watch the television or buy a newspaper?!!

Their awareness of the internet and rational-based discourse is stunted because of their self-importance. The recent flexing of
their muscles in regards of Covid-19 is evidence of that. Those who still believe CNN isn't a comedy channel and relies on their
commentary/news to tell them how their world turns, are seen as devoted worshippers and would never 'go over' to a conduit
of information where kids talk about computer games and look at porn.
No... never.

The bottom-line is these people in the media believe they are better than you and me, but don't mean it nastily. They just are.
I've actually heard Journalists say this! They don't mean it as an insult, it's been generated from the idea of knowing the
truth of a subject and the power felt from relaying a version of it to those who supposedly need such information to run their lives.

They're aware that their trade is dying, that I'm certain of. But their failure to adhere to the moral ethics once instructed in
Journalist-training is the main crippling aspect of the mainstream media's situation. The ironic point is that a comic hero
called 'Spiderman' -a photographer for a newspaper, held the credo: "with great power comes great responsibility"!


The other irony is that most established publishers of factual information are on par with comics.

Good writeup!

I agree that alot of people seem kind of stupid, but I'm pretty sure that even if we limit ourselves to Mensa-level IQ, that leaves two percent who ARE indeed capable of reasoning their way out of a paper bag.   That's alot of people out of the US population. I wonder.....where are journalists at on this scale?   Physicians only average 120.  Mensa entry level is 130 IIRC.   Not so sure they need to tell this two percent fuck all.

And yes, we have indeed cancelled the newspaper subscription and can only stomach brief portions of BBC.  Hubs reads the Daily Mail because they have our local news BEFORE ANYONE HERE does (which we see as slightly outrageous).   Everything else is completely ignored.   Pretty sure we're not the only household in any of this.

I hadn't heard the baby whale was killed. :(