Thursday, August 16, 2018
The good part, maybe
Speaking of "independent" media....
More than 300 news outlets are launching a campaign on Thursday to counter President Donald Trump's attacks and promote a free press.Excellent logic. Every media outlet in the country is intentionally conspiring to print the same anti-Trump editorial today. This proves the importance of a "free" and "independent" media carrying an infinite variety of diverse opinions. This firmly disproves Trump's obviously fake claim that the media are conspiring against him. = = = = = The good part, I guess: The media are so far beyond all imaginable boundaries of sanity, rationality, and humanity that they can't even see what they're doing. Alternative view: They DO know what they're doing. This fits perfectly into the corporate pattern of intentionally driving away your own customers. The media were leaders in this trend, repelling and disgusting their own readers for 30 years. Share value rises when you get rid of Negative Externalities like customers, products, employees, stores and factories. Third view: Sucker filter. When you offer nothing but an overmodulated SCREEEEECH instead of information and entertainment, you know that your readers and viewers are perfect addicts, perfect slaves. Their brains have already been rotted away, leaving only a crude radio-control receiver. = = = = = Later: I wasn't trying to prove a point by offering three alternate views in a comment about the ONE AND ONLY PERMISSIBLE VIEWPOINT. But I did prove a point, didn't I? Point: Alternate views are always available and always worth considering. Even a worthless senile coot like me can come up with three different opinions, each backed by some degree of evidence, in a few minutes. ¶ 12:03 AM
