• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 days ago

    To actually answer the question:

    Because most of the old media functionally has the CIA as an editorial board.

    Immensely ironically, we know a lot about that because of Noam Chomsky.

    Who… is also in the Epstein files.

    Quite a lot.

    Yeah, it wasn’t just the right wing of the country that has been existing in a constructed media hyperreality, it has also been the left wing of the country.

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      11 days ago

      I wouldn’t describe Noam as left wing, he’s advocating for Ukraine’s unilateral surrender rn. He’s just Red Fascist.

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        11 days ago

        Oh dear, I was unaware of that.

        Oi…

        Still though, he was a pillar of the left wing, in the sense of left wing = not conservative, a literal seminal figure of it, for decades.

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        10 days ago

        If someone agrees with most left wing positions except one, are they left wing?

        I think you’re doing a No True Scotsman here. Just because Noam fell for the anti-Ukrainian propaganda doesn’t mean he’s not left wing.

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          10 days ago

          All of Noam’s left wing stances are just criticisms of states he disagrees with, it appears. He is in fact supporting right wingers from a different side of the planet.

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      10 days ago

      Immensely ironically, we know a lot about that because of Noam Chomsky.

      Limited hangout.

      Which questions are not asked because Chomsky already gave many answers?

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        11 days ago

        They kind of just explained that… Chomsky is famous for writing about manufacturing consent, which is exactly what the media is doing here.

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          10 days ago

          Yeah, thank you.

          Chomsky functionally was the primary whistleblower on how the media in the US gets routinely manipulated by intelligence agencies…

          … and its now pretty clear that he got folded in, to being part of that the system that does that.

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      10 days ago

      A better example would be Reid Hoffman and Laurence Summors. Both in Epstein Files, and massive impacts on Democratic party.