Right Wing Built the Mass Media Long Ago to Manipulate the Masses

[Kid Berwyn]

15. Filling up minds with "useless information" robs minds...

…from processing what’s important information. That’s why the Nation’s Founders — We the People — created the First Amendment:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Democracy needs a free press to survive.

Consider the corporate press coverage of Pisswig in 2016:

Wall-to-wall 24/7 coverage about what he said, “Low Energy Jeb” and “Whatabout her emails?” Every freaking speech, it seemed, was covered live. And when he hadn’t gotten to the stage, the talking heads opined at length on Trump Steaks, Trump Wine, Trump Casino, Trump Airlines, noting in passing that they were bankrupt, but not mentioning the bankrupt character who owned them. Of course, there was near-nothing about Trump’s policies and no mention of his ties to organized crime.

Once I hoped the Internet would become a tool for Democracy. It has largely devolved to become another commercialized cesspool for the well-off, except for those places that give a damn about the truth, DU being one. Let’s work to expand the reach.