Journalism

“Hillary Clinton Did It”

May 22, 2022 @ 7:27 pmMay 23, 2022 @ 8:35 amAlanNibbles

Most of the press will ignore this news, but the Russia-Trump narrative that Mrs. Clinton sanctioned did enormous harm to the country. It disgraced the FBI, humiliated the press, and sent the country on a three-year investigation to nowhere. Vladimir Putinnever came close to doing as much disinformation damage.

Opinion | Hillary Clinton Did It

Her 2016 campaign manager says she approved a plan to plant a false Russia claim with a reporter.

You should read the whole article. It’s short and to the point.

Truth Matters

April 19, 2021 @ 5:44 pmApril 19, 2021 @ 5:57 pmAlanNibbles

This is quite the thread if you click through:

Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who engaged rioters, suffered two strokes and died of natural causes, officials sayhttps://t.co/V9808REzqF

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 19, 2021

Glenn Greenwald’s article about the situation:

The Media Lied Repeatedly About Officer Brian Sicknick’s Death. And They Just Got Caught.

Just as with the Russia Bounty debacle, they will never acknowledge what they did. Their audience wants to be lied to for partisan gain and emotional pleasure.

Truth matters. Noble lies are never justified no matter the cause, especially in journalism. But these employees of corporate media outlets have been taught the exact opposite model: that their primary obligation is to please and flatter the partisan agenda and political sensibilities of their audience even if it means lying or recklessly spreading unproven theories to do it. That is their profit model. And they have trained their audiences to want and expect this and that is why they never feel compelled to engage in any self-critique or accountability when they get caught doing this: their audiences want to be lied to — they are grateful for it — and would prefer that they not admit they did it so that their partisan interests will not be undermined.

Journalism that Deserves Contempt

April 17, 2021 @ 9:02 amApril 17, 2021 @ 9:03 amAlanNibbles

As with my previous post, this article’s author is not a conservative…

Let’s express this as clearly as it can be expressed. Any journalist who treats unverified stories from the CIA or other government agencies as true, without needing any evidence or applying any skepticism, is worthless. Actually, they are worse than worthless: they are toxic influences who deserve pure contempt.

Journalists, Learning They Spread a CIA Fraud About Russia, Instantly Embrace a New One

The most significant Trump-era alliance is between corporate outlets and security state agencies, whose evidence-free claims they unquestioningly disseminate.