Last evening, I saw an item on X where some big MSM funder was apoplectic over Elon’s comment about us now being “the media” … at least the MSM being untrusted legacy media … useful for snippets but ignore their analysis like the plague.
In lieu of the MSM’s now rejected view on almost anything, what we’re left with is diffuse … there are some very good amateur pundits and then a continuum down to trash&troll. Trouble is … who’s whom … which is which?
Going back to first principles, we might start with a catalyst, a clip or snippet one of us saw:
It certainly did … they lost control of many of our minds … an increasing number of such minds, though we’re still a minority, the anti-globo-psycho, anti-Wokerati, anti-Karen, which underpins our politics.
My suggestion is that, when you meet any news snippet at all, immediately ask yourself:
- Who is this person, who funds this person, cui bono, whom is he/she part of, what are the hidden connections etc. etc.?
And to answer that, you need to delve … yes, ggl and bing are highly biased left, they almost all are … it’s today’s paradigm, zeitgeist, default position … and yet they can be “got around” by technique:
- Always seek the dirt first … enter some outrageous slur in search, see what comes up … you’re not going to take it onboard but it gives you other lines of enquiry.
- Always go to their About section, where they operate from, to whom they answer, with whom affiliated, how long they’ve been operating, who funds them?
Remember, chaps and chapesses … we’re only as good as our sources. I’m about to quote two iffy ones … one is The Slog where I’m still not sure where he’s at, politically … plus Atlas Obscura, quite Woke left, so beware of that. But as Andy pointed out, there are still stories there, pointers to explore.
Our model as an information exchange is the old journo one of always seeking the truth, the nitty gritty, what the bottom line is:
- Knowing it’s always constrained by Them’s interference and censorship ruses, plus our own safety … there are things we’re simply not going to put into the public domain about ourselves, unless it impinges on or colours our comment … we need to disclose that, e.g. who funds us?
- We’re not godlike … beware the narcissistic pundit who speaks of his/her “followers” … your reputation is only as good as the quality of your input today, measured against your previous.
- We go the way of all things, eventually, we’re a candle or beam from a lighthouse for now … for now, folks … then you must look elsewhere … same painstaking evaluation.
- Don’t rely on one source, e.g. us … have a range, a bloground or soc-med round … but every single one needs delving into … what is his bias? Why? What’s his “thang”? Never take information exchange at face value.
I’m going to run this at Unherdables as well.
Humble apologies to OoL readers/comenters
Julia’s in Edinburgh and we did not get our act together about clicking through comments … I’ll take on the moderator duties for now until the boss gal’s back in harness.
With instances like censorship or control of the media, I suggest people ask the question whether the people, the voters asked for that policy, or if it came from somewhere else. If it was (as used to be) a policy from the people, there was no need to control the media. But now we are seeing government policy not from the people, but from top down: supra-national organisations like the WEF, U.N. and WHO determining government policy. Because it's not something the people asked for, the legacy media and government institutions like education have to be in lockstep with the government to convince the people it's a policy they want. Usually that's called propaganda. But the youngsters don't see it, because they've been pre-programmed by education to accept and agree.
ReplyDeleteWhen Kings did this sort of thing, we committed Regicide and the Yanks threw some tea in the harbour and went to war and kicked us out. What's going to happen this time?
The New World Order comes slowly creeping in. So slowly, that we won't notice it until it's too late. Meanwhile, protestors, and others concerned, are punished with imprisonment on trumped up charges. "Obedience is Security" as Orwell may have written.
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