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certainot

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49. IMO most mediums are dedicated more to ignoring important stuff and

Tue Apr 7, 2015, 11:13 AM

Apr 2015

the only medium really effective for creating diversions is the rw radio monopoly.

firstly because it can blanket the country with cordinated repetition from multiple sources (400 professional liars on 1000 radio stations reaching 50 mil a week) and secondly because it is unchallenged in that media form- it's 95% rw- in most parts of the country there are no free alts for politics while driving or working, creating a huge near-captive audience.

all other media in our lousy democracy have some competition going on- the web or printed page is easy to turn to alts, and so is the TV channel.

however pitiful the options are, the widespread unchallenged repetition/buzz needed to create major lies and turn molehills into mountains on a regular basis, controlled from the right's think tanks, usually starts with the talk radio PSYOPS

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