Posted on 06/15/2015 3:16:28 PM PDT by Sean_Anthony
Kind of makes you wonder why the phrase “Speaking Truth to Power” exists anywhere beyond a college class in poetic nonsense, doesn’t it?
The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust.—Samuel Butler—19th Century novelist
Our media is famous, or infamous if you prefer, for being of the leftist persuasion. But why are they leftist? One might assume that they are simply incredibly brave people who are willing to risk everything to “speak truth to power.” What if we have that backwards?
Isn’t it equally likely that media types, academic types and those who constantly rag on those on the right are equally likely not to be brave speaking truth to power but in fact are cowards who are speaking truth, their own truth, or perhaps the truth of those in power, at the bidding of those in power? When they do that, when they mouth the talking points of the government for the government, could it also be that they are simply speaking or writing as a fear response?
Look at the media, if you want to call it that, in North Korea. Is that an example of actual media speaking truth to power when the power of the nation is controlled by a person who is utterly insane? How about the media, and its behavior, in Russia? Are they working to keep Putin honest? If you think they are it would seem reasonable evidence that you have an absolutely wonderful drug connection.
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As they say in mathematics, expand the expression.
"Our media" consists of corporately owned multinationals with functional connections in the governments of virtually every country in the world, as well as with interrelated financial and banking interests worth trillions of dollars and which are funding entire continents of the planet.
See? Question answered.
It is amusing to note that when Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated for the first time, and exiled to Elba, on his escape, the Parisian newspapers were horrified, and called him every foul name in the book. When he arrived back in France, over the course of days returning to Paris, the newspapers became far less critical of him, until when he finally arrived in the city the newspapers were just gushing with love and adoration of him, as if it was the second coming.
When contemplating the news media, this story should be remembered, and any expectations of them should be reduced to little or nothing.
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