Carl,
CBS did once deliver very good news casts. The basic model for delivering news
was different in the 40's and 50's than it is now. But nevertheless, news
delivery was influenced by government power. The real reason for dropping those
atom bombs on Japanese cities wasn't reported, nor was the actual damage
reported at the time. But the whole system began changing in the 70's when the
news departments were no longer separated from entertainment on the networks.
That was the big change that is written about and acknowledged. The other
changes aren't publicly acknowledged. If you look at Seymour Hersh's career,
you can see some of it. He wrote a book about it a few years ago which actually
got to BARD. He was a respected journalist. He's broken some of the most
important stories in modern history. But as truth became less acceptable, he
was frozen out of the mass media. He was still writing articles for The New
Yorker in 2006. By 2013, you could only find his articles in the London Review
of Books. I think that 2013 may have been the last time he was on Democracy
Now. There are hundreds of examples. I noticed that you listed Amy Goodman
among the people whom you still trust. I can't imagine how you can still trust
her when she's sold out on so many fronts: Julian Assange, Syria, Hong Kong,
Nicaragua, Venezuela, the Uyghurs in China, Glenn Greenwald, Daniel Hale,
Reality Wynner. These are some of the issues she's either
broadcast lies about or ignored altogether.
Miriam
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Matt Taibbi's article
Miriam,
That's a troubling thought, that you can't rely on people you once did. I'll
need to think about that. As I've said before, I listen to a large number of
people whose opinions, I believe, are based on sound thinking. But I don't
take them without question. I use Thom Hartmann as an example, but I could as
easily use Chris Hedges or Richard Wolff or Amy Goodman. These thoughtful
people are among a long list of reliable sources.
But your remarks also remind me of how different we are today, as opposed to 50
years ago. And my memories also reach back to the WW II days. I was just
listening to a newscast from the 1940's, John Daily was the main newscaster
based in New York with CBS. John and others delivered the news with such
authority that I find it hard even today to question their validity. I wonder
how much of my world inside my head was shaped by the voices of John Daily and
others? The major difference between then and now is that I was a small boy
and I was deeply impressed by people who delivered the news with authority.
I do think that the cumulation of Establishment Propaganda has shaped
American's behavior. I think, for example that we are much more self serving
today, much more selfish, greedy and less kind to our neighbors. But I am
getting too long winded, so I'll close for now by reminding myself that
changing my mind is like changing my underware, it makes me much more pleasant
to be around.
Carl Jarvis
On 6/3/21, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm about to post an opinion piece by Matt Taibbi. What he writes
about, touches on what I was trying to say earlier when I wrote about
media coverage and how distorted it has become. The people whose
reportage and judgements I could once depend on, are no longer trustworthy.
Miriam