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Things Rarely (If Ever) Heard on the Mainstream Media
Stop believing the lies!
My childish belief in the goodness of our Nation (the US), that was reinforced throughout my early years of schooling, was gone by the time I was in my 20’s. My strong sense of curiosity, combined with a love of reading, led me to the works of Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn. Their writings helped to clear up my confusion about the why’s behind historic events.
They opened my eyes to how all empires follow a pattern of unsustainable growth, leading to ultimate collapse, and how the corporate empires that control the US government today, are especially dangerous.
The corporations who own the mainstream media, serve to keep us distracted, thus unaware of who is really making our nation’s big policy decisions. The CNNs, NewNations, and other news giants either hype or downplay stories according to the dictates of their corporate overseers. But, of course, the coverage is always “fair and balanced.”
The bullshit especially flies during election years in the US.
The mainstream media reports that President Biden really feels for the innocents in Gaza, but ending the IDF’s bombing is not something that he can actually make happen.
