You're being manipulated, and don't even care

[someoneyouknow]

"We just put information into the bloodstream of the internet, and then watch it grow, give it a little push every now and again like a remote control," he said. "It has to happen without anyone thinking, 'that's propaganda', because the moment you think, 'That's propaganda', the next question is, 'Who's put that out?' So we have to be subtle."

Thus spoke managing director Mark Turnbull of Cambridge Analytica to (U.K.) Channel 4 news undercover reporters. For several months the reporters posed as potential clients which allowed them to gather information unhindered and straight from the horse's mouth.

To hide its involvement, Turnbull said Cambridge Analytica often uses subcontractors to cover its tracks. "It may be that we have to contract under a different name -- a different entity with a different name so that no record exists with our name attached to it at all," he explained. Such as Russians from the infamous troll farm in St. Petersburg, otherwise known as Internet Research Agency.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cambridge-analytica-ceo-alexander-nix-data-firm-describes-shadow-election-tactics-2018-03-19/

 

[Hypoxia]

CA ==> the Mercers ==> Breitbart ==> Steve Bannon ==> Tromp ==> Russians.

Oh, what twisted webs we weave,
When first we practice to deceive.

 

[My I]

Orwell was right. He said, "When fascism takes hold, it will be under the guise of anti-fascism."

 

[Carnal_Flower]

You better watch it or you'll get kidnapped.

Orwell was right. He said, "When fascism takes hold, it will be under the guise of anti-fascism."

 

[todski28]

Lol, its not so different with every interaction we have on YouTube every google product sends and stores info on us, the new google home can call the cops if it heard you arguing too loudly, we have accepted safety and security over freedom..... problem is you lose these battles an inch at a time the universities are pretty much cactus and eventually those policies filter down into main stream life and we're sucking the propaganda hose all thinking we have a clue.

 

[JackLuis]

Ralph Peters quits Fox News ‘propaganda machine’ with epic rant affirming the Steele dossier

Lt. Col. Ralph Peters (US Army, ret.) denounced Fox News in an email to colleagues, which was obtained by Buzzfeed.

“Four decades ago, I took an oath as a newly commissioned officer. I swore to ‘support and defend the Constitution,’ and that oath did not expire when I took off my uniform,” he reminded. “Today, I feel that Fox News is assaulting our constitutional order and the rule of law, while fostering corrosive and unjustified paranoia among viewers.”

“Over my decade with Fox, I long was proud of the association,” Peters noted. “Now I am ashamed.”

“In my view, Fox has degenerated from providing a legitimate and much-needed outlet for conservative voices to a mere propaganda machine for a destructive and ethically ruinous administration,” he continued. “When prime-time hosts–who have never served our country in any capacity–dismiss facts and empirical reality to launch profoundly dishonest assaults on the FBI, the Justice Department, the courts, the intelligence community (in which I served) and, not least, a model public servant and genuine war hero such as Robert Mueller–all the while scaremongering with lurid warnings of ‘deep-state’ machinations– I cannot be part of the same organization, even at a remove.”

“To me, Fox News is now wittingly harming our system of government for profit,” he concluded.

Some people have ethics, some do not.

 

[todski28]

Ralph Peters quits Fox News ‘propaganda machine’ with epic rant affirming the Steele dossier



Some people have ethics, some do not.

From my perspective ethics and honesty are being torched by feelings and care based morality over ethics and judgment based reality

 

[BotanyBoy]

Ralph Peters quits Fox News ‘propaganda machine’ with epic rant affirming the Steele dossier



Some people have ethics, some do not.

What's funny is that some people think FOX is the only one doing it.

 

[My I]

What's funny is that some people think FOX is the only one doing it.

The Liberal media outlets have been doing it for more than 30 years.

 

[BotanyBoy]

The Liberal media outlets have been doing it for more than 30 years.

Can't tell that shit to most (D) fans and left wing supporters....THEIR media outlets of preference are infallible omniscient and altruistic outlets of journalism.

 

[phrodeau]

The Liberal media outlets have been doing it for more than 30 years.

Which means it's totally OK for Fox and friends to do it too. Let's have more and more propaganda, it'll be fun!

 

[LincolnDuncan]

I think that most of the people left of center who post on the politics board are like me in that they get their information from opposing points of view then use their critical thinking skills to determine the truth

 

[Carnal_Flower]

No, but they are vetted, fact-checked, and operate according the best journalistic standards.

Can't tell that shit to most (D) fans and left wing supporters....THEIR media outlets of preference are infallible omniscient and altruistic outlets of journalism.

 

[Carnal_Flower]

He'll be next on the chopping block on Fox. He's been corrupted by the DEEP STATE!

Lt. Col. Ralph Peters (US Army, ret.) denounced Fox News in an email to colleagues, which was obtained by Buzzfeed.

“Four decades ago, I took an oath as a newly commissioned officer. I swore to ‘support and defend the Constitution,’ and that oath did not expire when I took off my uniform,” he reminded. “Today, I feel that Fox News is assaulting our constitutional order and the rule of law, while fostering corrosive and unjustified paranoia among viewers.”

“Over my decade with Fox, I long was proud of the association,” Peters noted. “Now I am ashamed.”

“In my view, Fox has degenerated from providing a legitimate and much-needed outlet for conservative voices to a mere propaganda machine for a destructive and ethically ruinous administration,” he continued. “When prime-time hosts–who have never served our country in any capacity–dismiss facts and empirical reality to launch profoundly dishonest assaults on the FBI, the Justice Department, the courts, the intelligence community (in which I served) and, not least, a model public servant and genuine war hero such as Robert Mueller–all the while scaremongering with lurid warnings of ‘deep-state’ machinations– I cannot be part of the same organization, even at a remove.”

“To me, Fox News is now wittingly harming our system of government for profit,” he concluded.

 

[BotanyBoy]

No, but they are vetted, fact-checked, and operate according the best journalistic standards.

Oh look here is one of the PCP smokers!!!

No shock it's the (D) worshiping fan girl and biggest partisan hack ever to step onto the board....Carnal Poop.

 

[Hypoxia]

No, but they are vetted, fact-checked, and operate according the best journalistic standards.

Which standards ain't perfect, nor is adherence, but more effort is usually put into not spewing totally made-up horseshit, than Trumpnik and alt.right outlets exercise..

Which doesn't mean MSM don't fuck up, sometimes badly. But then, apologies and corrections are usually made and people get fired. Outside the MSM, in the credibility-is-irrelevant zone, one only is fired by wearing swastikas and burning crosses in public. Repeatedly.

I trust the Atlantic, WaPo, and NPR quite much, and Faux, BriteFart, and Alex Jones about zero or less. I also note what ABC (Oz), BBC, CBC, NHK (Japan), Duetsche Welle, Reuters, AFP, and other international observers report on USA events. Take heed when ALL US media report a story one way and ALL non-US media (except Russian) report just the opposite.

All commercial USA media work for money. They present what grabs eyeballs they can sell to advertisers, eyeballs grabbed by knowing their targets. So far, audiences for something like real reporting outnumber the bullshit consumers. That's why MSM keep making money. Supply and demand, folks.

http://betvega.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/anigif_enhanced-buzz-20217-1360950937-12.gif

FauxNewz supplies legs to meet audience demand. Just wait till they're bought by Naked News.

 

[LincolnDuncan]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/f...-a-‘propaganda-machine’/ar-BBKuflm?li=BBnbfcL

 

[Hypoxia]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/f...-a-‘propaganda-machine’/ar-BBKuflm?li=BBnbfcL

FOX NEWS ANALYST QUITS, CALLS NETWORK A PROPAGANDA MACHINE

I almost have that memorized now. I'll be able to forget it tomorrow, hopefully.

 

[LincolnDuncan]

FOX NEWS ANALYST QUITS, CALLS NETWORK A PROPAGANDA MACHINE

I almost have that memorized now. I'll be able to forget it tomorrow, hopefully.

I have to wonder why he continues to get support from Rupert Murdoch and other billionaire donors like Mercer, Adelson and the Koch Bros.