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Political, Social and Religious Commentary => Politics => Topic started by: guest17 on November 27, 2018, 06:32:49 pm
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True Lies - Could All Mainstream News Be Scripted?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W52O6cDmTU
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The following video shows a “top 10 staged media events”.
10 – 0:53 - The Parking Lot Report
9 – 1:26 - The FEMA Script
8 – 2:19 - Gulf War Script Part 1 - Charles Jaco
7 – 5:06 - Gulf War Script Part 2 - Incubator Babies
6 – 7:34 - Iraq War Script Exposed - Donald Rumsfeld Iraq weapons of mass destruction
5 – 9:57 - Iraq Script Goes Global - Canadian and Australian PM tell literally the same script
4 – 11:15 - Ignore Ron Paul Script
3 – 16:06 – WTC Building 7 Script 9/11
2 – 17:36 - The Bin Laden Script - William Cooper exposes interview with Osama Bin Laden by CNN
1 – 23:25 - The Bahrain Script - Documentary wasn’t shown, because CNN supported by Bahrain regime
https://youtu.be/eHDDQVZ-A98
Often overlooked (also in this interesting list, nr. 6), is that British PM Tony Blair also repeatedly accused Iraq for having weapons of mass destruction (if I understand correctly BEFORE George W. Bush and Rumsfeld). For example in September 2002: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2016/jul/06/it-isnt-about-a-lie-tony-blair-on-iraq-from-2001-to-2016-video
I think that the most interesting is the number 7 rated in the (first) video.
See the 28:29 documentary from CBC on how the Daughter of the Kuwait Ambassador (Nayirah) told a completely fake story on Iraqi soldiers murdering babies in incubators, including fake tears…
She was coached by the giant Hill and Knowlton public relations firm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaR1YBR5g6U
The following video shows how our “independent” media support the “Big Lie” of state propaganda.
https://youtu.be/VkomPrSgaKs
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Very good videos firestarter. I'm interested in seeing more of these.
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Very good videos firestarter. I'm interested in seeing more of these.
I'm afraid I don't have more videos like these...
I do have some information on the CIA's recruiting journalists to spread propaganda.
And I have a lot of information on Hollywood furthering the agenda of Washington (including connections to the Pentagon and CIA). But I think that deserves its own thread (maybe one day?).
There's actual "news" that is relevant in the context of this thread...
President Donald Trump proposed creating a government-run TV network that would broadcast globally to show the world how great America is.
Trump tweeted: Throughout the world, CNN has a powerful voice portraying the United States in an unfair and false way. Something has to be done, including the possibility of the United States starting our own Worldwide Network to show the World the way we really are, GREAT!
There are already several US government-run TV and radio broadcasters overseen by the US Agency for Global Media - Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Office of Cuba Broadcasting, Radio Free Asia, and Middle East Broadcasting Networks.
Agency for Global Media describes its overarching goals as: 1. Expanding freedom of information and expression, which are universally acknowledged as key to free, open, democratic societies, which in turn support American interests through stability, peace, alliances, and trade;
2. Communicating America's democratic experience and values, which serves the same purpose. In covering the United States, we open a window onto democracy in action.
Trump's White House recently revoked CNN correspondent Jim Acosta's press pass after Trump called Acosta "a rude, terrible person".
A federal judge subsequently ordered the Trump administration to reinstate Acosta's credentials. Even Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News supported CNN against the White House in that legal dispute: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/11/trump-proposes-state-run-tv-network-to-tell-world-how-great-america-is/
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Disney Fox Deal - The Few Control The Many
These 6 (now 5 thanks to the Disney Fox Deal) Corporations Control 90% Of The Media In America. This infographic created by Jason at Frugal Dad shows that almost all media comes from the same six sources. That's consolidated from 50 companies back in 1983.
NOTE: This infographic is from last year and is missing some key transactions. https://www.businessinsider.com/these...
9 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihMgcc5WrWY&t=406s&list=WL&index=11
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Tucker: Are you living in a free society?
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First Commercial Shown After Kennedy Assassination Analysis
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First Commercial Shown After Kennedy Assassination Analysis
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Not likely...to have that many people follow a script begs of stupidity
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Blade Muses:
Not likely...to have that many people follow a script begs of stupidity
Blade
Seriously? You actually believe that Oswald killed Kennedy all by himself? That is a ridiculous line of thought. We need to talk about this in the Conspiracy thread.
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Exclusive: Barr talks to Fox News in first on-air interview as Trump's AG
In a Fox News YouTube exclusive cut, Attorney General William Barr sits down with Bill Hemmer for a wide-ranging interview covering everything from investigating the Russia probe to combatting gang violence, including a special message for his critics.
15 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZBb8uMoqdI&list=WL&index=12&t=0s
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Rep. Crenshaw Grills Google Executive Over LEAKED Email Published by Veritas
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President Trump Reacts to Veritas Google Investigation: "they're trying to rig the election"
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Tucker: Google wants to hack 2020 election
Tucker examines Google's algorithms and how they benefit Democrats ahead of 2020. #Tucker #FoxNews
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White House Invites James O’Keefe to Social Media Summit on Heels of Veritas’ Google Exposé
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Veritas Re-Uploads Google Exposé Taken Down By YouTube Ahead of White House Social Media Summit
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EXPOSED: Political Censorship in Big Tech
Work in big tech? Contact Project Veritas: VeritasTips@protonmail.com
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EXPOSED: Political Censorship in Big Tech
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It could be worse...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seM-zbR-8iY
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seM-zbR-8iY
What a bunch of controlled and scripted idiots.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9zKvfSzA2M
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Love the sing along at the end!!!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQUw8FtfCx8&list=WL&index=58
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https://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2021/january/donald-trump-character-and-consequences-of-conspiracies.html
More Than the Capitol Has Been Breached
Donald Trump, character, and the consequences of conspiracies.
“Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap,” reads Galatians 6:7 (ESV).
This season of political sowing has brought the harvest we see at the Capitol today.
Parents teach their children that actions have consequences. Unfortunately, we have plenty of examples these days of people who never seemed to learn this lesson. And, most disturbingly, when these examples are those entrusted with power, the consequences are far reaching.
When a person has the most powerful job in the world, the consequences can last for generations.
This day will be remembered for years to come.
President Trump’s ongoing claims of massive fraud and his unwillingness to concede the 2020 election have had consequences. Trump told us that it would.
The president himself said:
And because of what you’ve done to the president, a lot of people aren’t going out to vote and a lot of Republicans are going to vote negative because they hate what you did to the president.
Trump’s actions have reaped the harvest before us.
The Georgia Senate races appear to be lost, which will have significant implications for religious liberty and the pro-life cause—both deeply important to me and many other evangelicals.
Trump made sure he was the issue on the ballot this week, and people voted accordingly, the ramifications of which will impact the very evangelicals that supported him for years to come.
Many evangelicals reluctantly voted for Trump, acknowledging concerns about character, but aligning with his policies. However, the fruit is showing today, and evangelicals who have complicity must also condemn this illegality.
When peaceful protests, at times, turned into riots in the wake of the death of George Floyd many people (including Trump supporters en masse) condemned them out of hand. Now, Trump faithful are storming the Capitol.
What we see on our screen today is not a peaceful protest. Only in this case, the impact of the unrest in Washington, DC, has led to the evacuation of both the House and the Senate.
Riots are never right, whether incited by criminals pillaging communities, or presidents peddling conspiracies.
In the summer of 2020, after significant and important peaceful protests following the killing of Floyd, cars burned and cities were pillaged and looted throughout the US. Many of us joined in those peaceful protests to call for both racial justice and an end to the riots and violence.
Today, evangelicals must call this out for what it is, as they were eager to do last summer. This is an unprecedented breach of the Capitol by a lawless mob, involving many people incited by conspiracy theories—many of those theories circulated among certain (and even well-known) evangelical Christians.
The Defining Moments of Trumpism
Over the last few months there have been several defining moments that explain why President Trump lost the election, Republicans lost the Georgia Senate runoff, and how now Trump’s refusal to concede has inflamed some of his faithful to charge the Capitol in images that will be seared in the memory of American history.
These actions that will be remembered for decades.
When Donald Trump emerged on the political scene, many saw him as a breath of fresh air. Far from put off by his image as a fighter, voters were drawn to him because of his willingness to hit back. Yet this tendency won him just as many opponents as fans, particularly when he crossed lines into bullying, demeaning, and racist tropes.
Unleashing four years of personal assaults, Trump then amplified a wide range of conspiracies. It was, sadly, an embrace of tribal politics rather than an attempt to overcome it.
More than just sinking his campaign, this tactic betrayed a willingness to muddy the waters of truth in service to himself.
In the wake of the election, Trump has made repeated and unsupported claims of massive voter fraud.
To be clear, I support any politician and their campaign going through legal channels to challenge and present evidence of voter fraud and voting inconsistencies—but he had his day in court. His legal challenges did not prevail, often dismissed by judges he appointed.
On Sunday it was made known that Trump spoke by phone with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R), asking him to “find” enough votes to help him win, indication those votes rightly belonged to him. This only served to motivate Democrats and raise concerns among many Republicans.
The way Trump has conducted himself cost Republicans the Senate this week. When you fill people’s minds with falsities of election fraud it, not so shockingly, depresses the vote.
In the coming months, I believe many more will see these things more clearly, as we sort through the damage done.
More than the political situation, I fear an enduring damage to our witness as (white) evangelicals have been so closely aligned with this president.
Reckoning
There’s an American reckoning coming…
But there is also an evangelical reckoning to be had.
For now, we know three things.
Character matters.
Elections have consequences.
And, so do conspiracy theories.
Ed Stetzer is executive director of the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center, serves as a dean at Wheaton College, and publishes church leadership resources through Mission Group. The Exchange Team contributed to this article and has updated the article.
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https://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2021/january/donald-trump-character-and-consequences-of-conspiracies.html
More Than the Capitol Has Been Breached
Donald Trump, character, and the consequences of conspiracies.
“Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap,” reads Galatians 6:7 (ESV).
This season of political sowing has brought the harvest we see at the Capitol today.
Parents teach their children that actions have consequences. Unfortunately, we have plenty of examples these days of people who never seemed to learn this lesson. And, most disturbingly, when these examples are those entrusted with power, the consequences are far reaching.
When a person has the most powerful job in the world, the consequences can last for generations.
This day will be remembered for years to come.
President Trump’s ongoing claims of massive fraud and his unwillingness to concede the 2020 election have had consequences. Trump told us that it would.
The president himself said:
And because of what you’ve done to the president, a lot of people aren’t going out to vote and a lot of Republicans are going to vote negative because they hate what you did to the president.
Trump’s actions have reaped the harvest before us.
The Georgia Senate races appear to be lost, which will have significant implications for religious liberty and the pro-life cause—both deeply important to me and many other evangelicals.
Trump made sure he was the issue on the ballot this week, and people voted accordingly, the ramifications of which will impact the very evangelicals that supported him for years to come.
Many evangelicals reluctantly voted for Trump, acknowledging concerns about character, but aligning with his policies. However, the fruit is showing today, and evangelicals who have complicity must also condemn this illegality.
When peaceful protests, at times, turned into riots in the wake of the death of George Floyd many people (including Trump supporters en masse) condemned them out of hand. Now, Trump faithful are storming the Capitol.
What we see on our screen today is not a peaceful protest. Only in this case, the impact of the unrest in Washington, DC, has led to the evacuation of both the House and the Senate.
Riots are never right, whether incited by criminals pillaging communities, or presidents peddling conspiracies.
In the summer of 2020, after significant and important peaceful protests following the killing of Floyd, cars burned and cities were pillaged and looted throughout the US. Many of us joined in those peaceful protests to call for both racial justice and an end to the riots and violence.
Today, evangelicals must call this out for what it is, as they were eager to do last summer. This is an unprecedented breach of the Capitol by a lawless mob, involving many people incited by conspiracy theories—many of those theories circulated among certain (and even well-known) evangelical Christians.
The Defining Moments of Trumpism
Over the last few months there have been several defining moments that explain why President Trump lost the election, Republicans lost the Georgia Senate runoff, and how now Trump’s refusal to concede has inflamed some of his faithful to charge the Capitol in images that will be seared in the memory of American history.
These actions that will be remembered for decades.
When Donald Trump emerged on the political scene, many saw him as a breath of fresh air. Far from put off by his image as a fighter, voters were drawn to him because of his willingness to hit back. Yet this tendency won him just as many opponents as fans, particularly when he crossed lines into bullying, demeaning, and racist tropes.
Unleashing four years of personal assaults, Trump then amplified a wide range of conspiracies. It was, sadly, an embrace of tribal politics rather than an attempt to overcome it.
More than just sinking his campaign, this tactic betrayed a willingness to muddy the waters of truth in service to himself.
In the wake of the election, Trump has made repeated and unsupported claims of massive voter fraud.
To be clear, I support any politician and their campaign going through legal channels to challenge and present evidence of voter fraud and voting inconsistencies—but he had his day in court. His legal challenges did not prevail, often dismissed by judges he appointed.
On Sunday it was made known that Trump spoke by phone with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R), asking him to “find” enough votes to help him win, indication those votes rightly belonged to him. This only served to motivate Democrats and raise concerns among many Republicans.
The way Trump has conducted himself cost Republicans the Senate this week. When you fill people’s minds with falsities of election fraud it, not so shockingly, depresses the vote.
In the coming months, I believe many more will see these things more clearly, as we sort through the damage done.
More than the political situation, I fear an enduring damage to our witness as (white) evangelicals have been so closely aligned with this president.
Reckoning
There’s an American reckoning coming…
But there is also an evangelical reckoning to be had.
For now, we know three things.
Character matters.
Elections have consequences.
And, so do conspiracy theories.
Ed Stetzer is executive director of the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center, serves as a dean at Wheaton College, and publishes church leadership resources through Mission Group. The Exchange Team contributed to this article and has updated the article.
It's already been proven that the so called "deplorables" that stormed the Capitol and "breached" it were not Trump supporters at all. Just like everything you see and hear from the MSM it was staged and filmed to control the narrative and write the history.
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Media trust hits new low
Trust in traditional media has declined to an all-time low, and many news professionals are determined to do something about it.
Why it matters: Faith in society's central institutions, especially in government and the media, is the glue that holds society together. That glue was visibly dissolving a decade ago, and has now, for many millions of Americans, disappeared entirely.
By the numbers: For the first time ever, fewer than half of all Americans have trust in traditional media, according to data from Edelman's annual trust barometer shared exclusively with Axios. Trust in social media has hit an all-time low of 27%.
56% of Americans agree with the statement that "Journalists and reporters are purposely trying to mislead people by saying things they know are false or gross exaggerations."
58% think that "most news organizations are more concerned with supporting an ideology or political position than with informing the public."
When Edelman re-polled Americans after the election, the figures had deteriorated even further, with 57% of Democrats trusting the media and only 18% of Republicans.
The big picture: These numbers are echoed across the rest of the world: They're mostly not a function of Donald Trump's war on "fake news".
As vaccine rumor hunter Heidi Larson puts it, "we don’t have a misinformation problem, we have a trust problem.”
News organizations have historically relied mainly on advertising income, and as those dollars flow increasingly to Google and Facebook, that has created institutional weakness that shows up in trust data.
Reversing the decline is a monster task — and one that some journalists and news organizations have taken upon themselves. They're going to need help — perhaps from America's CEOs.
The catch: Mistrust of media is now a central part of many Americans' personal identity — an article of faith that they weren't argued into and can't be argued out of.
What they're saying:
Former Financial Times editor Lionel Barber talks of factual reporting as a means of "regaining the trust of the reading public".
Axios has a stated mission to "help restore trust in fact-based news".
Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan writes that "our goal should go beyond merely putting truthful information in front of the public. We should also do our best to make sure it’s widely accepted."
How it works: Media outlets can continue to report reliable facts, but that won't turn the trend around on its own. What's needed is for trusted institutions to visibly embrace the news media.
CEOs (a/k/a the fourth branch of government) are at or near the top of Edelman's list of trusted institutions.
By the numbers: 61% of Trump voters say that they trust their employer's CEO. That compares to just 28% who trust government leaders, and a mere 21% who trust journalists.
The bottom line: CEOs have long put themselves forward as the people able to upgrade America's physical infrastructure. Now it's time for them to use the trust they've built up to help rebuild our civic infrastructure.
https://www.axios.com/media-trust-crisis-2bf0ec1c-00c0-4901-9069-e26b21c283a9.html