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JackRiddler

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21. Infotainment is why propaganda monocultures dominate.

Reply to sendero (Reply #18)

Fri Apr 13, 2012, 05:33 PM

Apr 2012

It's why all the outlets run the same bullshit stories at the same time. Whether purely commercial PR or top-down disinformation from a Pentagon-connected think tank, certain sources have the high ground. They inject the Bullshit of the Day (terror, murder, starlet slip, Irangonnakillyou, sports scandal, dumb thing someone said) and it rolls down the hill of the infotainment complex (which is about 90 percent of the media, at least, most of the time NPR as well).

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The absence of news that used to be hot and heavy in news cycles heavily suggests propaganda [View all] DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 OP

I notice there's been no "flu season of DEATH" scare this year. BlueIris Apr 2012 #1

the fear of vaginas and African Americans have now fully replaced those. Whisp Apr 2012 #2

Doctors were genuinely concerned about swine flu, it wasn't propaganda. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #24

they do post these scare stories on occasion quinnox Apr 2012 #3

Probably dusting off their shark attack templates too--summer's right around the corner! catbyte Apr 2012 #4

lol, no doubt quinnox Apr 2012 #6

I'd wager every cent I've ever owned and I'll that I'll ever earn that photos were taken of OBL DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #10

Take off the tin foil. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #25

My favorite remains the "al Qaeda frogmen" who were going to blow up ships in ports. . . Journeyman Apr 2012 #5

Incidental to the point you're making, but do you remember Ky Senator Jim Bunning? DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #11

Actually infrastructure and net attacks nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #7

I'm certain that there are some vulnerable systems attached to unsafe networks DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #12

1997 california power outrage nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #17

The entire color coded "terror alerts" system the Bushies used to terrorize Americans just1voice Apr 2012 #8

Agreed. And we had a faulty terror sensor anyway. It was stuck on orange. n/t DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #13

That was so blatant BS it was pathetic. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #26

The media is fickle and isn't much interested in following up things MineralMan Apr 2012 #9

I largely agree wtih your points DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #14

The media seems more interested in capturing an audience than MineralMan Apr 2012 #15

Right on all counts except spam... JackRiddler Apr 2012 #16

I could be wrong about spam, but do consider the possibility... DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #19

All doubtless true, the point is that spam filters really are working well these days. JackRiddler Apr 2012 #20

(Facebook-like thumbs up here, indicating agreement (we need an ascii symbol for that)) n/t DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #22

I think that some of these.. sendero Apr 2012 #18

Infotainment is why propaganda monocultures dominate. JackRiddler Apr 2012 #21

Can't .. sendero Apr 2012 #23

K&R Cali_Democrat Apr 2012 #27

Just like that rainforest scare a few years back. Robb Apr 2012 #28