Keepers at the Gate......He Who Controls Television Controls the Masses

Great article on Informationclearinghouse.info. If you REALLY watch & listen it becomes so obvious how we are being manipulated.

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With Americans watching so much television on a weekly basis, discarding books of enlightenment for monitors of idiocy, preferring the drug of fantasy over the sobering realm of reality, no longer capable of analytical, logical thought, choosing to incorporate as their own the views, beliefs and opinions of corporate media, the keepers at the gate are free to do as they please, disseminating lies, distortions, manipulations, propaganda and fictions into our homes and the minds of our family, young and old, never discriminating and always flowing in the interest of the Establishment.

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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11242.htm

more from blogger
http://www.valenzuelasveritas.blogspot.com/

"From our earliest days the Keepers at the Gate bombard us with their propaganda, using the seduction of television, with its vast array of brain altering mechanisms, its fantasy-laden programming, its opinion-transforming sound bites and its captivating role as parent, teacher and role model for millions of children no longer reared, taught or disciplined by overstressed, overworked and greed addicted parents. The Keepers at the Gate are the sentinels watching over our lives; the overlords of America’s destiny. They are allowed inside our homes, their technologies adapting and learning ever more each year how to control and manipulate us further. They are the Keepers at the Gate, the gods of information and the purveyors of the Establishment’s interests. Truth is their enemy; knowledge their poison; free thought the antidote to their dreadful virus; our incessant watching of television sustains and feeds them, granting them energy. Our ignorance is their strength; our acquiescence their ability to continue emaciating our lives. "

Rec'

and I was wondering why Howard Dean was on the hot seat. Silly me.

be careful, it bites.

dp

managed to get this far? But the matadores don't always win.


"News anchors have become corporate shills, pushing the products and services sold by the mother company, offering sensationalized news that serves only to distract, dumb down and make forget. Reporters propagate the government’s lies and deceptions, rarely, if ever, seeking truth and all its angles. The bottom line has replaced truth, propaganda has replaced reality and lackeys have replaced honorable journalists. The interests of those who control television and news bureaus are given precedence over informing the public, objectivity and truth becoming victims of religious, political and philosophical inclinations. Suppression of truth has given way to the pursuit of ideology and zealotry, with the beliefs and goals of reporters, producers and editors allowed to dictate what is and what is not considered valid news.
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They can conjure up bogey men out of thin air, creating enemies and wars out of lies and embedded manipulations. They can ruin the lives and careers of honorable men and women; they can birth division and animosity between citizens. Presidents and politicians are born and made through the fictions and whitewashes at the disposal of the Keepers at the Gate, their careers eviscerated when falling out of favor with the Establishment. Populations are brainwashed through propaganda; dumbed down through the idiocy of circus-like programming; manipulated by subjective and skewered newscasts; distracted and made to forget by sensationalist bull manure; emotions and passions easily controlled by fear, hatred and warmongering. "

to THINKING FOR ONE'S SELF? It brings new meaning to "Get a brain Morans!" does it not? I watch TV, I don't buy into any of the crap I view/hear. Granted I am very cynical of late, still, I wasn't a TV drone before I became cynical/jaded, though. I guess you really can fool most of the people all of the time? For instance Pinhead** is still trying to link Saddam with 9/11 even though more and more evidence is coming out too the contrary.

There are 7 or 8 threads related to television programming, its a slow night. One is using a CARTOON show as a reflection of society. The usual "whats-on-the- talking-head shows" right now. 2 references to MSNBC, etc.

The stranglehold that television has upon our society is pervasive. It is so consuming that even the enlightened are entrapped.

Not too mention how it has corrupted US politics.

Just do it.

you wont care whats on it or what someone else says about whats on it
after 6 months, you really start to think more for yourself
after a couple of years, you still wont miss a thing and cant believe you used to waste your life watching that shit

coming up on 3 years TV free for me, totally life changing decision for me

We unplugged in the early 90's and waited for the roof to fall in. And the roof didn't fall in. Our heads didn't implode, we didn't die of bordom, in fact life got a lot more interesting.
Like you said, it gets better and better. The rewards are immense.

I gots to have my "stories."

:)

My father refused it in the house until I was 12.

And I lived aboard a boat for most of my adult life so...

I actually don't mind watching the BBC, Dutch, German, French and Belgian broadcasting we get in Holland. Much of it contains very few commercials and the content is quite interesting. But I watch an hour a day if that - and generally documentaries.

The funny thing is - state controlled television such as the BBC - tends to be more objective because the government tends to keep it's paws out and the corptocracy can't influence it.

There are actually some great stuff on TV....as long as you choose to be discriminating. I miss NOW with Bill Moyer,. I looked forward to it every week. Remember...Keep your friends close and your enemies closer...You have to watch what THEY say or we will be caught off guard.

Certainly more enlightening than reading a "HILLARY SUX!!!!!1111" thread.

But I'm willing to block out everything but CSPAN 1 and 2, and 13 (local TV access.)

deal?

if a revolution comes, it won't have to be a revolution against the government. Just against the media that guides the votes.

when the emperor would please the people by holding games in the collesum...................things haven't changed that much just the methods

Orwell predicted it all in 1984, except they can't see us through the tv yet.