More propaganda and lies courtesty of the mainstream media

[DMT]

Let's see how much of an outcry this raises.

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/04/16/nbcs-conduct-richard-engel-kidnapping-serious-brian-williams-scandal/

That there was ample reason to doubt Engel’s belief about the identity of his captors is proven by how many people publicly called it into doubt. That NBC’s broadcasts reflected none of this doubt, and instead allowed a one-sided tale that we now know to be false to go unquestioned by the entire network is bad enough. That these executives seemed to have had ample reason to doubt the story themselves makes it far worse than just merely “bad”: it is the type of systematic journalistic deceit and propaganda that we have seen over and over, almost always on the side and in service of the U.S. government’s agenda of endless war.

[GwynnInTheHall]

Let's see how much of an outcry this raises.

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2...liams-scandal/

Everyone seems to want the world to revolve around fear and mistrust rather than truth and acceptance. Well everyone who isn't us.

[Kevin Seitzer]

Interesting story.

I've learned in baseball that reporters and their editors make stuff up out of whole cloth and push narratives that are completely false in order to serve an agenda, and there is basically no consequence to them for doing this. I've come to assume the same thing must happen in reporting of politics and current events. But I don't know what can be done about it.

[DMT]

Interesting story.

I've learned in baseball that reporters and their editors make stuff up out of whole cloth and push narratives that are completely false in order to serve an agenda, and there is basically no consequence to them for doing this. I've come to assume the same thing must happen in reporting of politics and current events. But I don't know what can be done about it.

Hold them accountable...huge difference between sports reporting and war propaganda.

[Pogues]

Interesting story.

I've learned in baseball that reporters and their editors make stuff up out of whole cloth and push narratives that are completely false in order to serve an agenda, and there is basically no consequence to them for doing this. I've come to assume the same thing must happen in reporting of politics and current events. But I don't know what can be done about it.

Not if it's on the internet. If it's on the internet it's true.

[Kevin Seitzer]

Hold them accountable...huge difference between sports reporting and war propaganda.

Huge difference in consequences, no differences in methods and accountability, as far as I can tell.

[Midnight Otter]

Not if it's on the internet. If it's on the internet it's true.

and this is on the Internet, so.......

[chancellor]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_Doctrine

Repealed under Reagan.

With full bi-partisan support (note: FCC voted 4-0) and strongest opposition by that left-wing organization, the Eagle Forum. And I quote:

EAGLE FORUMS PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY ASSERTS THAT WITHOUT THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE RADIO & TV STATIONS CAN EITHER BYPASS CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES COMPLETELY OR REPORT JUST ONE SIDE OF THEM.

(From NBC News footage)

I just love it when you and Phyllis Schlafly agree.