“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” ~ Albert Einstein
When most of the ‘reporters’ have been intellectually lobotomized, – there are exceptions:
Robert Fisk
Seymour Hersh
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Heart of the Global Economy – Half of World Trade – $32 trillion(?)
“colonialism left through the front door, and came back in through a side window”
“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.”
Vanessa Beeley gave a talk on her experiences of reporting the Syrian conflict and was written off as a Russian Troll.
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It has been embarrassing to see most of the local media echo the ‘western’ narrative of black and white hats (helmets) in explaining complex conflicts. The Iraq War is forgotten and bad, bad Putin (Xi Jinping, Kim Jong-un) are as bad as they get.
Numerous alternative sources are never mentioned, as not to clutter their acceptable opinions and constructed truths.
The right of the empire for regime-change is undisputed, and of course r=-1 between conflict resolutions and millions of displaced persons.
Something similar to Gore Vidal’s list no respectable news media would touch?
Is it still just a racket or a great big nothingburger?
Do we have something in common?
78% have little or no trust in Althing in spite of the efforts of the propaganda industry.
