1/ I enjoy two things,
(1) that once- and still-maligned (as “far right”) new journalism sources are breaking many important stories, and
(2) that the MSM is constantly being humiliated as their falsehoods are exposed.
This is a true media revolution, happening quietly.
(1) that once- and still-maligned (as “far right”) new journalism sources are breaking many important stories, and
(2) that the MSM is constantly being humiliated as their falsehoods are exposed.
This is a true media revolution, happening quietly.
2/ It is true that people still in thrall to the MSM have little clue about this. But their numbers dwindle daily. Cry, “advocacy journalists,” cry.
And as their influence wanes, more and more unlikely-seeming allies of the once “right”—now, just “Americans”—show up, awakened.
And as their influence wanes, more and more unlikely-seeming allies of the once “right”—now, just “Americans”—show up, awakened.
3/ As much as social media has been corrupted, the power of crowdsourcing is still responsible for much of this revolution. So many stories break now on Twitter, blogs, and other popular sources.
The media class qua mediators are less necessary today.
The media class qua mediators are less necessary today.
4/ This of course is why the radicals in Silicon Valley boardrooms so desperately want to shut you all up, to silence the “alternative” (quickly becoming dominant) media.
But they can’t do too much, or they kill the goose laying the golden eggs.
They’re running scared.
But they can’t do too much, or they kill the goose laying the golden eggs.
They’re running scared.
5/ Ultimately they’re fighting against reality and decency.
The reason we hear so much about “gaslighting” today is not because people don’t understand what the term means. It’s because the MSM constantly puts out Big Lies that are so easy to refute.
The reason we hear so much about “gaslighting” today is not because people don’t understand what the term means. It’s because the MSM constantly puts out Big Lies that are so easy to refute.
6/ That constant feeling of surreality we have is due to those confident, authoritative-sounding talking heads, employing all the usual media markers and accoutrements, telling us things we know ain’t so.
7/ Those relying *only* on those usual markers of authority still have reason to be freaked out: hard news seems gone. It’s all opinion, all the time. Journos now declare in their own faux-authoritative voice that politicians are simply wrong.
This is new. The “new normal.”
This is new. The “new normal.”
8/ They can try to blame it all on Trump, but what happens when we *see* that Trump is right about a lot of what he (bluntly, rudely, undiplomatically) says? Yet he’s called a liar?
That’s weird.
And they can’t blame their own deliberate lies on Trump.
That’s weird.
And they can’t blame their own deliberate lies on Trump.
9/ To wake a person up, give them irrefutable proof that someone they thought was absolutely credible, a “straight shooter,” had to know he was telling a falsehood. Get them to agree: “that’s a lie.” Then ask: how often do you think this outright lying is happening?
I say a lot.
I say a lot.
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