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Tag Archives: Narrative
The MSM Never Was Objective—and It Never Questioned Power, Either
By Iain Davis Source: The Disillusioned Blogger In his excellent exposé of the recent decision by the Knight-Cronkite News Lab (KCNL) to advocate journalism that goes beyond objectivity, and in light of the report from the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) confirming that RussiaGate … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, censorship, CIA, conditioning, consciousness, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, news, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged CIA, corporate media, Deep State, geopolitics, Germany, infodemic, James Corbett, Journalism, Mainstream Media, media, Media Literacy, MSM, Narrative, propaganda, Psyops, Russia, Seymour Hersh, Ukraine, war
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What is the Rules-Based Order?
By Kim Petersen Source: Dissident Voice In fits of, what might well be termed, masochism, some of us now-and-then tune in to the legacy media. When doing so, one is likely to hear western-aligned politicians rhetorize ad nauseam about the linguistically vogue … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, 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 Deep State, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court, International Law, Joe Biden, Julian Assange, language, Legal/Constitutional, Maidan Coup, Narrative, propaganda, rules-based order, Ukraine, United Nations, US Foreign Policy
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They don’t just lie to us about wars; they lie to us about everything
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: Intrepid Report Propaganda isn’t just about manufacturing consent for wars and ridiculous governmental measures we’d never normally accept. That’s what most people think of when they hear that word, but there’s so very, very much more … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, elites, Empire, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged conspiracy, corporate media, culture, empire, Mainstream Media, Media Literacy, Narrative, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, psychology, Psyops, society, Technocracy, war
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Not News But A Juicy Collection Of Narratives – How The New York Times Failed Its Readers
By Moon of Alabama The New York Times star reporter Rukmini Callimachi had been widely criticized for her exaggerated reporting about the Islamic State and terrorism. But her editors kept supporting and promoting her stories. That finally ended when Canada recently indicted one Shehroze Chaudhry, also … Continue reading
Posted in corporate news, culture, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, war on terror
Tagged Abu Huzaifa, Caliphate podcast, Claas Relotius, corporate media, corporate news, Der Spiegel, ISIS, Journalism, Mainstream Media, Narrative, New York Times, NYT, propaganda, Rukmini Callimachi, Shehroze Chaudhry, war on terror
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If the “Market” Never Goes Down, The System Is Doomed
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds The reliance on “good news” narratives dooms our financial system and economy to a death spiral once reality breaks through the induced euphoria. “Markets” that never go down aren’t markets, they’re signaling … Continue reading
Posted in corporate news, culture, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, media, Neoliberalism, news, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Cancer, central banks, Corporate Crime, Economic Collapse, Economics, financial crisis, Market Crash, Narrative, wall street
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Why We Need Dystopian Fiction Now More Than Ever
By August Cole and P.W. Singer Source: Slate It hits you every so often. When you when you tug on a face mask to go pick up food for your family. When you witness the powerless suffer casual violence by … Continue reading
Posted in Art, consciousness, culture, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Art, coronavirus, Covid-19, culture, Dystopia, media, Narrative, Pandemic, Science fiction, society, Speculative Fiction, surveillance state, Technocracy
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Your Life Is Not Limited To One Path
By Joe Martino Source: Collective Evolution It is no secret that life can sometimes feel like a limited paved road laid out before us that we feel the need to stick to. Look at how we are brought up. Most … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, conditioning, consciousness, culture, education, media, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged Awareness, Belief Systems, Consciousness, culture, Education, life choices, Narrative, Perception, Philosophy, psychology, society
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How To Defeat The Empire
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com One of the biggest and most consistent challenges of my young career so far has been finding ways to talk about solutions to our predicament in a way that people will truly hear. I talk … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Art, censorship, civil liberties, consciousness, corporate news, culture, Empire, freedom of speech, imperialism, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technology
Tagged activism, Art, dissent, empire, imperialism, Information War, Mass Media, media, Media Literacy, Narrative, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychological Warfare, Psywar, Social Engineering
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