What if the surprise is more pictures of Hunter’s incredible hog? I need @GunPatriotMurica1957 to confirm it’s a real Hunter Hog. I’ve been fooled many times before.
The corporate media are the laptops of the administration and the deep state. The majority of voters are catching onto these games, which is why the corp media continues to lose eyeballs. The trend will continue and the desperate efforts to cling to the remaining eyeballs will escalate.
you are correct, but the outcome won't be a good one. as we already see playing out. Hannah Arendt had a quote along the lines of "when all you are told are lies, the result isn't that you believe the lies but that you don't believe anything." and so here we are in an age of post-truth, god help us all.
"But the article provides no evidence to support this extraordinary claim — because there is none."
That just makes it an "analysis" piece. That's how they present opinion in the news section while still claiming it's separate.
"I can see why national security officials plant these stories, but not why the media run with them."
It's to push a narrative. The same reason you gave when you left the Intercept.
"The reason so much of the news media sucks is they aren’t writing for you. They’re writing for their sources in Washington, for the industries they cover, for rich people, and for fancy awards committees. Just take a look at the ads they run: for investment banks, defense contractors, oil companies. Unless you’re in the market for any of these products, they aren’t writing for you."
There's also still a good bit of what Jon Stewart identified in 2011:
“The bias of the mainstream media is toward sensationalism, conflict and laziness.”
Everything was fine until you said that Russia interfered with the 2016 election. That's pure bullshit. That's the widely debunked Russiagate which was Three Names oppo research that she used to hide/cover up/excuse her own very crappy election campaign.
What if the surprise is more pictures of Hunter’s incredible hog? I need @GunPatriotMurica1957 to confirm it’s a real Hunter Hog. I’ve been fooled many times before.
The corporate media are the laptops of the administration and the deep state. The majority of voters are catching onto these games, which is why the corp media continues to lose eyeballs. The trend will continue and the desperate efforts to cling to the remaining eyeballs will escalate.
you are correct, but the outcome won't be a good one. as we already see playing out. Hannah Arendt had a quote along the lines of "when all you are told are lies, the result isn't that you believe the lies but that you don't believe anything." and so here we are in an age of post-truth, god help us all.
"But the article provides no evidence to support this extraordinary claim — because there is none."
That just makes it an "analysis" piece. That's how they present opinion in the news section while still claiming it's separate.
"I can see why national security officials plant these stories, but not why the media run with them."
It's to push a narrative. The same reason you gave when you left the Intercept.
"The reason so much of the news media sucks is they aren’t writing for you. They’re writing for their sources in Washington, for the industries they cover, for rich people, and for fancy awards committees. Just take a look at the ads they run: for investment banks, defense contractors, oil companies. Unless you’re in the market for any of these products, they aren’t writing for you."
There's also still a good bit of what Jon Stewart identified in 2011:
“The bias of the mainstream media is toward sensationalism, conflict and laziness.”
https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-now/2011/06/jon-stewart-says-press-favors-sensationalism-036830
Anyway, great piece.
Why do the media run these stories? I thought Leslie Moonves made that very clear. It’s a race to the bottom (line).
They should run Morning Joe 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Same thing.
Everything was fine until you said that Russia interfered with the 2016 election. That's pure bullshit. That's the widely debunked Russiagate which was Three Names oppo research that she used to hide/cover up/excuse her own very crappy election campaign.