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In reply to the discussion: Death Throes: The Mainstream Media Is Hanging By A Thread [View all]alp227
(33,202 posts)58. You do realize "Daily Sheeple" is a racist conspiracy theory site right?
I've seen that site before. It's the Walmart version of Infowars. This blog comments about the site:
A simple Google search on sheeple and any given relevant topic (Obama, Lady Gaga, Keynes) will yield countless examples of people using the word to describe his perceived rhetorical enemies. But a pretty much perfect example might be the website The Daily Sheeple, which is filled with nothing but widely disseminated, copy-and-paste talking points: ridicule of Obama mistakenly saying there are 57 states, accusations that Trayvon Martin was a thug who deserved to be shot by George Zimmerman, etc. There isnt much on the site that could be described as original thinking. The site is aimed at preppers people who believe in a coming catastrophe, probably due to a liberal takeover. And theres a lot of stuff on there about investing in precious metals, the currency of a large American constituency that tends to think and act in hivelike fashion. The ironies abound.
Also, with some of the stories on the front page right now, this isn't a site that's on our side:
Shock Medical Notice: We Need to Have a Short 5 Minute PRIVATE Conversation With Your Child
Do the government and its ancillaries have ownership over your child? Do they have the power to detain and question a child without parental permission?
Obamacare: watch out, here comes predictive modeling
This is coming. The structure is being built now, across all medical and insurance organizations.
This is coming. The structure is being built now, across all medical and insurance organizations.
Did the Bowe Bergdahl Story Get Michael Hastings Killed?
Could Michael Hastings have been killed by our government to shut him up?
False Flag Terrorism to Sustain Americas Humanitarian Agenda
For nearly seven decades the US Central Intelligence Agency has been the chief operating engineer and primary culprit covertly orchestrating this entire diabolical front engaging in acts of terrorism to ensure that Obamas unabashed exceptionalism in the form of an overstretched, morally bankrupt, imperialistic American Empire in decline reaches every corner of the planet.
For nearly seven decades the US Central Intelligence Agency has been the chief operating engineer and primary culprit covertly orchestrating this entire diabolical front engaging in acts of terrorism to ensure that Obamas unabashed exceptionalism in the form of an overstretched, morally bankrupt, imperialistic American Empire in decline reaches every corner of the planet.
Attorney General Eric Holder unveiled his plan to create a new Justice Department task force this week that will focus on the threat of homegrown terrorism.
The website has this anti-Bowe Bergdahl hit piece.
Of course, the corporate media sucks a horse's ass. But seriously, do we really need to give every Alex Jones/David Icke wannabe credibility? I suggest you self-delete this.
And speaking of Activist Post, the website is anti-vaccine and just as much kooky as Daily Sheeple.
Skeptoid comments:
Globalresearch.ca/Washingtons Blog/Zero Hedge/The Economic Collapse Blog/Activist Post/The Daily Sheeple/WhatDoesItMean.com/etc.: These are just some of the many, many dubious blogs and news aggregators devoted to overthrowing our capitalist slave masters through gold, legal weed, hoarding food and guns and reading the Bible. If the Occupy Wall Street movement had an official website, it would probably look something like one of these, full of long, rambling stories and lists about a variety of horrors. These include our Constitutional Freedoms being stripped away, the tyrannical surveillance state, the evils of big business, the upcoming economic collapse (which has been happening any day now for years) and police state slavery arriving at the feet of an army of drones.
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They wish to be mouthpieces for the corporate establishment. Let corporations maintain them.
Katashi_itto
Jun 2014
#4
Then the problem is why we leave it to jerks like this to spread the bad news
starroute
Jun 2014
#21
Agreed 100%. But I see the same forces that own MSM owning CTers like Jones. See my reply to muriel.
freshwest
Jun 2014
#80
CNN isn't looking for overseas bureaus, and neither are ABC, NBC, CBS - folded the tent years ago
hatrack
Jun 2014
#85
The oligarchs will simply move their propaganda machines to those venues that
rhett o rick
Jun 2014
#9
Great article until he cites Alex Jones as an example of journalistic integrity.
tenderfoot
Jun 2014
#11
Good catch - I hadn't notice the OP carefully edited out that name from their excerpt
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2014
#19
You're defending Rense, Before It's News, Infowars, and Lew Rockwell?
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2014
#64
people realised fox is just an arm of the republican party. Medias much better outside the USA.
Sunlei
Jun 2014
#25
The only times we watch TV news is when there is a local concern..which most often turns out to be a
Tikki
Jun 2014
#33
The "winning formula" for the media was based on Monica, Monica, Monica....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2014
#35
Judging from the recs - it's pretty obvious that people didn't read the full article.
tenderfoot
Jun 2014
#36
Companies like General Electric bought a network for propaganda purposes and leverage on
Dustlawyer
Jun 2014
#41
there's one group of people left who still watch a lot of TV, whether it be news or entertainment...
paulkienitz
Jun 2014
#43
READ BEFORE YOU REC - This article cites Brietbart and Alex Jones as Journalistic Integrity.
tenderfoot
Jun 2014
#50
So what of his opinion of Breitbart and Alex! He's spot on here with our MSM
TheNutcracker
Jun 2014
#63
There are better commentaries about the failings of the MSM from reputable sources...
tenderfoot
Jun 2014
#65
Many people have experienced being present at news events and seeing the press's slant later.
Zen Democrat
Jun 2014
#57
Nothing I posted has anything to do with anything but the post on MSM. You distract with the writers
TheNutcracker
Jun 2014
#70
Your article is putting Breitbart and Alex Jones forward as good examples of journalism
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2014
#74
