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In reply to the discussion: Former Reporter Amber Lyon Exposes Massive Censorship at CNN [View all]Zorra
(27,670 posts)2. It would be a really good thing if everyone killed their televisions. Seriously.
"HOW CAN 59,054,087 PEOPLE BE SO STUPID?!?"
The answer to this question is very simple: TELEVISION
"Television is the opium of the masses"
~ Everyone familiar with Marx who does not watch television
Really, try not watching television for 1 year.
The answer to this question is very simple: TELEVISION
The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital. The live green earth is transformed into dead gold bricks, with luxury items for the few and toxic slag heaps for the many. The glittering mansion overlooks a vast sprawl of shanty towns, wherein a desperate, demoralized humanity is kept in line with drugs, television, and armed force.
~ Michael Parenti
Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture.
~ Allen Ginsburg
"Whoever controls the media, controls the mind
~ Jim Morrison
If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.
~ Frank Zappa
"There's someone in my head, but it's not me"
~ Roger Waters
Most people gaze neither into the past nor the future; they explore neither truth nor lies. They gaze at the television.
~ Radiohead
Calvin:"It says here that 'religion is the opiate of the masses.'...what do you suppose that means?"
Television: "...it means that Karl Marx hadn't seen anything yet
~ Bill Watterson
People are sheep. TV is the shepherd.
~ Jess C. Scott,
"Television is the opium of the masses"
~ Everyone familiar with Marx who does not watch television
Really, try not watching television for 1 year.
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Former Reporter Amber Lyon Exposes Massive Censorship at CNN [View all]
proud2BlibKansan
Sep 2012
OP
The Telegraph is a right wing rag; a very untrustworthy source of information. nt
Zorra
Sep 2012
#22
In 3/2012, Lyon was laid off from CNN..unrelated move..to outsource its investigative documentaries.
proverbialwisdom
Sep 2012
#15
Thanks! I've added a brief reference to the Wikipedia article on the Bahraini uprising.
Jim Lane
Sep 2012
#18
There really was a time that CNN was a trusted network. Now I don't trust any network on
southernyankeebelle
Sep 2012
#26