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34. Dynamite post! KR

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Original post)

Tue Jan 10, 2023, 03:07 PM

Jan 2023

THIS post connects the dots! The Powell Memo laid out their plans and the Media Control was the method.

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Right Wing Built the Mass Media Long Ago to Manipulate the Masses [View all] Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 OP

10 minute video about Bernays. Very interesting underpants Jan 2023 #1

Bernays was Sigmund Freud's American nephew. Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #5

Unfortunately threads sink like a stone in GD underpants Jan 2023 #6

It is a shame! Dustlawyer Jan 2023 #20

It depends on what you mean by the "mass media." There have always been conservative papers, Martin68 Jan 2023 #31

And there, in your last sentence, lies the problem. Ligyron Jan 2023 #44

That's right. Stop blaming the "mass media." Start blaming the education system. Start blaming a Martin68 Jan 2023 #55

Each successive Republican administration has bent the FCC to work for corporations. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2023 #59

Nope. Systems are ALWAYS more powerful than the individual. Caliman73 Jan 2023 #71

Young Dems need to know these basic truths. blm Jan 2023 #2

K&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2023 #3

Especially with all this "Both Sides Do It!!!!" rot. Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #7

++ appalachiablue Jan 2023 #17

Nice analogy about the smoking. Aristus Jan 2023 #4

My wife's mom looked a lot like Katherine Hepburn. Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #8

Seems corporations are following in the foot steps of religion. Farmer-Rick Jan 2023 #9

Exactly. The "Rule You's" "Fool You" Departments. Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #11

That's a great image Farmer-Rick Jan 2023 #47

Cleveland 1911 Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #57

Explains why it is more entertainment than information treestar Jan 2023 #10

Filling up minds with "useless information" robs minds... Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #15

I highly recommend that you read books that show the war for democracy on the Internet, ancianita Jan 2023 #29

Thank you! Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #33

Pleasure! MIT Press keeps up with this democracy issue on the nets. ancianita Jan 2023 #35

Very much obliged. Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #36

Re "The moment freedom of the press is gone, freedom itself is gone extinct," that's why hackers ancianita Jan 2023 #37

Taking one's political cues from an anti-liberal like Noam Chomsky is a very poor idea. Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #12

+100! Right On! reACTIONary Jan 2023 #13

The post really isn't about Chomsky, though. Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #21

No, we should worry about propaganda in our lives, and Chomsky's propaganda Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #50

He considers himself a liberal Farmer-Rick Jan 2023 #48

Tip: "anarcho-syndicalist and libertarian socialist" and "liberal" are not congruent terms. Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #49

Never said they were. Farmer-Rick Jan 2023 #51

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No you assumed Farmer-Rick Jan 2023 #53

Well, that's for sure. Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #54

It is quite possible for you to have the degree you claim and for you to be wrong. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2023 #60

Thank you for your thoughtful post Wild blueberry Jan 2023 #14

You are most welcome! Please let us know what you think. Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #42

Two-part podcast is riveting and very important Wild blueberry Jan 2023 #45

Bookmarking... JT99 Jan 2023 #16

Thank you! Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #43

well what do you know? 90-percent Jan 2023 #18

Don Pardo and Terry Bozio. Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #41

TY, vy impt. info that many people, esp. younger need to know about. appalachiablue Jan 2023 #19

For some reason, the text books missed this story. Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #58

Messaging. It's all about effective messaging. CaptainTruth Jan 2023 #22

Thus the rise of "Narrative." Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #63

Its use by Bernays is an excellent argument against the word "masses." Hortensis Jan 2023 #23

How the Elite Talk in Code Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #64

Yes. Nearly 250M of us are eligible to vote. If even 10% more Hortensis Jan 2023 #67

Good post Kid Berwyn. My saying that and 10 bucks will get you a cup of coffee. Prairie_Seagull Jan 2023 #24

Thanks! With prices these days, I appreciate the sentiment. Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #65

Brilliant post, Kid. Thank you! ancianita Jan 2023 #25

You are most welcome, ancianita! Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #66

They sure did DownriverDem Jan 2023 #26

Hate Radio Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #68

Yup it's right wing brainwashing. Initech Jan 2023 #27

The thought brings tears to my eyes. Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #69

Always the best info! Thanks!! 7wo7rees Jan 2023 #28

Coming from you, that means the world. Thank you! Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #70

K & R Thanks for this post FakeNoose Jan 2023 #30

Absolutely wonderful post. Very thought-provoking. erronis Jan 2023 #32

Dynamite post! KR Viz Jan 2023 #34

Great OP malaise Jan 2023 #38

We only have to note how the media, all of it including entertainment, during the 70s were busy ShazamIam Jan 2023 #39

K&R, excellent post. GoodRaisin Jan 2023 #40

And the phrase "liberal media", with all its negative connotations... kentuck Jan 2023 #46

Thank you for the concise reminder. kr PufPuf23 Jan 2023 #56

I came across this web page--Tools That Fight Disinformation Online--a few months ago. barbaraann Jan 2023 #61

Bookmarked for later n/t Martin Eden Jan 2023 #62

k&r for all the info Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2023 #72