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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
Fri May 16, 2014, 02:04 AM May 2014

Manufacturing Consent or......?

Two papers , two different spins.







CHAPTER I: ORGANIZING CHAOS
The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.

We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of.

for reference
Public Opinion by Walter Lippman.

Propaganda

Author: Bernays, Edward

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6456

https://archive.org/details/Porpaganda

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Manufacturing Consent or......? (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter May 2014 OP
That NYT Headlines is enough to make me sick to my stomach. <n/t> Shandris May 2014 #1
....Just - WOW.... alittlelark May 2014 #2
Could that be...... DeSwiss May 2014 #3
Interesting link that also included this Ichingcarpenter May 2014 #4
Yeah, they know how to work that whole ''Hope'' thing. DeSwiss May 2014 #5
Whitehouse statement Ichingcarpenter May 2014 #6
Watching closely...... DeSwiss May 2014 #8
We have always been at war with the EFF pffshht May 2014 #7
I suspect the propaganda effort is equal to the NSA surveillance effort. (I am full of suspicion) Enthusiast May 2014 #9
propaganda works best Ichingcarpenter May 2014 #10
Crapola for War Inc Octafish May 2014 #11
kick I posted 8 hours Ichingcarpenter May 2014 #12
 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
3. Could that be......
Fri May 16, 2014, 03:14 AM
May 2014

...the real reason Jill got canned?

- The NYT mostly sells us illegal wars, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least......

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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
4. Interesting link that also included this
Fri May 16, 2014, 03:30 AM
May 2014

High-profile digital journalists who have recently left the Times include Jon Landman, who had been deputy managing editor; Jim Roberts, assistant managing editor; Lisa Tozzi, assistant news editor; Fiona Spruill, head of emerging platforms; Alice DuBois, a digital editor; Liz Heron, social media editor; Andrew DeVigal, multimedia editor; Gabriel Dance, multimedia journalist; Jonathan Ellis, senior editor for digital platforms; Brian Stelter, TV reporter; David Pogue, tech columnist; and Nate Silver, who took the popular FiveThirtyEight property with him. (Roberts and Ellis now work at Mashable.)



Something is up at the NYT

I also read that she wanted to send a reporter
to cover the uber class coverup of the pedofile ring in Great Britian and got shot down on that.

But that is speculation


Still its interesting to see the spin

I think the Whitehouse spin on the subject is also interesting...... I love their use of the word 'hope'
in their message.

 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
5. Yeah, they know how to work that whole ''Hope'' thing.
Fri May 16, 2014, 03:58 AM
May 2014


- I'm sure they have one of those ''no dissing as you go out the door'' clauses in her contract. So I say, speculate on.....

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
6. Whitehouse statement
Fri May 16, 2014, 04:09 AM
May 2014

“We will be watching closely as the process moves forward in hopes that the final rule stays true to the spirit of net neutrality.”


Oh.... and they be watching closely.....
whatever that means.


http://time.com/101794/obama-backs-away-from-net-neutrality-campaign-promises-after-fcc-vote/

 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
8. Watching closely......
Fri May 16, 2014, 04:34 AM
May 2014

...in the White House. Yeah, right. That's how they find out things in the White House, is by watching the news.

- Because how else can they know what the hell's going on?



Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
9. I suspect the propaganda effort is equal to the NSA surveillance effort. (I am full of suspicion)
Fri May 16, 2014, 05:43 AM
May 2014

They are both substantial and work toward furthering the interests of the..................I won't say it. This is an ugly situation.

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