Monday, March 16, 2015
Reversion to the meanest
Back in Cold War 1 you could count on finding real alternatives to the American media. Shortwave wasn't as easy or reliable as the Web; it took a little bit of equipment and skill; but if you were willing to work at it, you could pick up genuinely different viewpoints on all important matters. Some of those different viewpoints were clearly false propaganda, and some were true propaganda. Again, with a little work you could figure it out.
In Cold War 2 the Web has eliminated the skill and the sport of shortwave listening. For a long time the Web did a beautiful job of bringing genuine alternatives to everyone at minimal cost. Now the differences are narrowing.
When Russia Today started out, it offered an anti-American (thus true) view on economics, "global warming", culture, and war. Two of those subjects have fallen away. Even though Russia itself is firmly Christian, RT has slid back to the CNN/ABC/CBS/AllNewspapers view on matters like same-sex "marriage" or Unarmed African-American Teens In Ferguson. And even though Russia is a strongly oil-based economy, RT now sounds like NPR or BBC on "global warming".
You can still rely on RT to tell the truth about American/Israeli bullying and aggression, but that's about it.
Same with Al Jazeera, though I haven't been following it as closely. Several years ago AJ was a counterforce for truth on most subjects; now it's just another MSNBC.
What's happening? These foreign outlets have hired quite a few anchors and reporters from American satanmedia. Were those Americans more like moles than defectors? Or is the whole system completely rigged everywhere?
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