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Our Authentically Fake and Hypocritical Society of Copies
By Edward Curtin Source: Behind the Curtain “Ditto,” said Tweedledum.“Ditto, ditto!” cried Tweedledee.– Lewis Carroll, Through The Looking-Glass Sometimes a trifling contretemps can open a window onto significant issues. As a case in point, The New York Times, a newspaper that regularly publishes … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, corporate news, culture, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technocracy, war
Tagged Authenticity, Bob Dylan, corporate news, culture, Mainstream Media, Media Literacy, New York Times, Philosophy, propaganda, repetition, society, Technocracy, The Philosophy of Modern Song
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Why the CIA’s Operation Mockingbird is Widely Misunderstood
By Alex Constantine Source: Constantine Report In November, Newsweek, one of the most trusted news sources in the land, referred to Operation Mockingbird (CIA influence on the media, and, in many cases, infiltration) as “a supposed Cold War-era CIA program … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, CIA, conditioning, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Deep State, History, media, Media Literacy, Militarization, news, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Allen Dulles, Carl Bernstein, CIA, conspiracy, corporate media, Dean Acheson, Deep State, Fake News, Frank Wisner, Information Warfare, Mainstream Media, Media Literacy, mind control, Nazis, Newsweek, Office of Policy Coordination, Operation Mockingbird, OSS, Perception Management, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, QAnon, Richard Helms, SourceWatch
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Prostitutes of the Press
By Stephen Lendman Source: The Stephen Lendman Blog Western MSM operate as fake news ministries of truth in nations where they’re located. They’re bribed with big bucks to lie and mass-deceive by sticking exclusively to the fabricated official narrative. On … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, Corporate Welfare, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Neocons, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war
Tagged censorship, China, corporate news, empire, Fake News, fascism, geopolitics, George Orwell, imperialism, Mainstream Media, media, Media Literacy, MSM, NATO, propaganda, Psyops, Russia, surveillance state, Ukraine, war
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AP Editor Said She “Can’t Imagine” A US Intelligence Official Being Wrong
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com The Associated Press journalist who reported a US intelligence official’s false claim that Russia had launched missiles at Poland last week has been fired. As we discussed previously, AP’s anonymously sourced report which said “A senior U.S. intelligence official … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Militarization, NATO, Neocons, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged Associated Press, Branko Marcetic, corporate news, culture, Deep State, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, James LaPorta, Mainstream Media, media, Media Literacy, NATO, Nuclear War, Poland, propaganda, Psyops, Russia, society, Ukraine, war, WW3
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The Military Industrial Complex Wants You To Be More Media (l)literate!
By Nolan Higdon Source: Project Censored A September 2022 report from Tessa Jolls, president of the Center for Media Literacy, titled “Building Resiliency: Media Literacy as a Strategic Defense Strategy for the Transatlantic,” read like a blueprint for how to indoctrinate students in corporatism … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, Empire, freedom of speech, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, NATO, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged censorship, Center for Media Literacy, civil liberties, disinformation, Dystopia, empire, Fake News, geopolitics, imperialism, Internet Freedom, media, Media Literacy, NATO, NewsGuard, propaganda, Psyops, Technocracy, Tessa Jolls
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Cultivate a habit of small acts of sedition
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: Intrepid Report It is not easy being someone who cares about the world and opposes the status quo. It’s a series of disheartening failures and crushing disappointments amid an endless deluge of information saying that everything … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, civil disobedience, consciousness, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, education, Empire, media, Media Literacy, Oligarchy, Philosophy, police state, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged activism, censorship, Consciousness, culture, Education, empire, Information War, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, society, Sociology, Technocracy
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Pop Culture Has Become an Oligopoly
By Adam Mastroianni Source: Experimental History You may have noticed that every popular movie these days is a remake, reboot, sequel, spinoff, or cinematic universe expansion. In 2021, only one of the ten top-grossing films––the Ryan Reynolds vehicle Free Guy––was an … Continue reading
Posted in Art, consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Economics, Film, media, Media Literacy, society, Sociology, Technology
Tagged Art, Corporate Consolidation, corporate media, culture, Economics, film, liturature, Mass Media, media, Media Literacy, music, oligopoly, Pop Culture, proliferation, Reboots, Remakes, Sequels, society, Sociology, spinoffs, Television, Video Games
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New York Times — a Bastion of Censorship and Corruption — Warns ‘America Has a Free Speech Problem’
The New York Times editorial board recently opined that Americans are losing “the right to speak their minds and voice their opinions,” yet this same newspaper refused to review, or even publish an advertisement for, RFK, Jr.’s runaway bestseller, “The … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Big Pharma, censorship, civil liberties, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, freedom of speech, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Big Pharma, censorship, civil liberties, corporate media, Corruption, Covid-19, Dr. Judy Mikovits, Dr. Pierre Kory, Dr. Robert Malone, Dystopia, free spich, freedom of speech, Government, Joe Biden, Mainstream Media, media, Media Literacy, Misinformation, MSM, New York Times, propaganda, Robert F. Kennedy, Russia, Skyhorse Publishing, surveillance state, Technocracy, The Real Anthony Fauci
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