For anyone who has had the nerve and courage to take a look at the mainstream press recently, it should be clear that we are dealing with a huge problem.
The public sector and the mainstream have merged into a power complex that can manipulate public opinion and set narratives at will. We've seen it during the lockdowns and we're seeing it now during the Ukraine war - you can say anything, but the consequences are unpredictable, and the media sector is doing its part to poison the general atmosphere, divide and bend the truth, and turn people against each other. 'Divide et impera' - the motto of the Caesars, but played out by the dumbest amateur dramatics troupe politics has ever seen (look at Germany now...).
To understand how propaganda works in practice, here are a few examples of how the American mainstream press is now trying to relativize the assassination attempt on Donald Trump and distract people from the gravity of the event. It leaves you breathless!
Get well soon, and good luck in November against the left-wing vandals!
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That's an unfair judgement because this was live reporting in the seconds it was happening.
If you look just minutes later all these outlets do use the words "assassination attempt"
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I hear you, but no mention of his bloody face? Saying he fell when he was dragged down by Secret Service?
These outlets long since lost the benefit of the doubt and these headlines are exactly in line with what we've come to expect from them. Supposedly professional journalists should be able to do better.
"Possible shots fired. Visibly wounded Trump escorted off stage." Something like that should have been pretty easy to come up with.
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58 sats \ 1 reply \ @fm 14 Jul
Oh, im sure today they all gave explaining notes on how they where wrong.. Like every other time
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I could puke. This radical left scum is killing my nerves
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124 sats \ 3 replies \ @anon 14 Jul
As bad as those headlines are, I can see the incentives that produce them. These media outlets have to have something posted to their pages about what happened within minutes of the actual event. But they don't want to over reach on the headline because they don't know what happened. Everyone is thinking that it was gun shots and an assassination attempt. But they can't write that until they are sure. At least they were quickly updated as additional facts became known.
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A very generous interpretation
Do you work for CNN
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"Loud noises heard, red substance spotted at Trump rally on Saturday."
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then you should read the press in Germany...
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approximately 6:15 p.m. ET
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and besides, who would have thought that mentally deficient people like the left would get carried away with such acts when the parasites in Washington have fueled the atmosphere in this way in recent months.
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This is the possible end of MSM. To us it's comedy. Our kids will be dealing with these rotten commies as they're turning comedy step by step into reality.
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This and saying Biden is sharp as a tactic, being old is his style not senility
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Brandon may have dementia today, but he's always been mentally deficient
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the gaffe machine and plagiarist
@Coinsreporter, have you seen this?
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What's that!! Biden is an Indian!!
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59 sats \ 0 replies \ @fm 14 Jul
The public sector and the mainstream have merged into a power complex that can manipulate public opinion and set narratives at will. We've seen it during the lockdowns and we're seeing it now during the Ukraine war
Ministry of truth The Ministry of Truth is the ministry of propaganda. Orwell 1984
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The democrats-socialists are scared that is why they wanted to remove the great Titam DT from the game. but they failed!! just as their aspirations to remain in power will fail. The USA is a big disaster with its open door policies, zero selection among people who enter the border, and soft policies against criminals, which allow them to commit various crimes without any penalty, until something really bad happens.
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58 sats \ 0 replies \ @jgbtc 14 Jul
I'm surprised the media isn't praising the attempt and calling for more. They claim he is worse than Hitler so according to their logic this is morally justified.
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I believe these titles were published minutes after the incidents, as I only saw them hours later and everyone was discussing an attempted murder.
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I was convinced they were memes, as when they mock netflix. They have become indistinguishable from memes, its unreal
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No joke, I have found myself saying that literally and in all seriousness. What a time we live in!
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I believe you because I feel the same way
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If I need to teach my students about euphemisms, I would be sure to use these headlines!
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word of the day is Orwellian
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1984 is one of my favourite books of all time
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Today You don't need to read it. Just watch the WH press conferences or president impecile
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I would use these headlines to teach my students about the effects of mental illness. How perverted degenerate communists think who actually belong in an insane asylum
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58 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 14 Jul
Are they real?
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There are even worse takes. I am puking here over the european shit, too. It's unbelievable.
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58 sats \ 1 reply \ @398ja 14 Jul
I have stopped reading the msm a year ago, and yesterday, as the information was still scarce, I didn't bother looking that way. My relatives, who exclusively read the msm, only have uninformed and shallow remarks about what happened. I don't even bother trying to object or share an alt analysis or viewpoint. It's a lost cause.
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This bubble is popping right in front of us
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It's a new low, even for them.
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One can read history and see this is not new. What is new is the number of people who have been awakened to it. Read about William R. Hearst and others back in the 1800s and you'll see the only thing new is scale.
Don't get me wrong, scale is important and also part of the reason more people see it. The big difference is now we can find counter-narratives and something closer to the truth. Sometimes.
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absolutely. it really gives me hope that we have free media and people who still have functioning brain cells despite the waves of stupid infantile propaganda. we will keep fighting
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We must!
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Damn. I paid a little too much attention to the big world today. Went and got the red man shot at. 😶
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A buddy of mine who hates politics and isnt a Trump guy sent some of this to me and said, how can anyone trust media? And that Twitter had better coverage. I pointed him to Nostr of course.
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I rely on you for my nostr feed.
I've cleansed my following list
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13 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 15 Jul
Really?
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You follow a variety of people I am unfamiliar with
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I expected nothing less from our mainstream. They are proven propaganda outlets from our socialist regime. I think it is important that we speak this message up to our grandparents, parents, and relatives that are more trusting of the media. I know dozens of people that still read this stuff and they are completely blind to the fact that they are consuming false narratives.
Blinders are on fully. Speak up - many have not woken up yet!
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3-4 minutes they were screaming at the SS!
I can't write here what I would like to do with this scum!
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Why did the bullet miss?

Because:
Nobody knows where to shoot him; he's clearly got no heart, his head obviously has no brain in it (and even if its in his arse its too fat to get a bullet through), and his dick (like his baby hands) is obviously too small to hit.
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