Sunday, December 04, 2022 6:26:45 PM
OT: Twitter, I actually think the story indicates that all is not well at the NY Times, as well as nearly every other mainstream media publication. They've nearly all been in bed with the govt and trying to silence any sort of dissent against the govt. That is starting to come to light. They had a rigged game, and they were one of the beneficiaries. Now Elon is exposing that and to save their own backside, they're all now saying Elon is horrible and the business is doomed. In the first few days they were saying Twitter was going to collapse and basically just stop working because of Elon's mass firings . . . . it didn't. Now it's all the advertisers are going to leave.
A reasonable question to ask is why do they (the media) care so much about Twitter? It's not even a public company anymore. So what if advertising revenue is down, the public is no longer invested so whom is the media out to save? I don't know if Elon Musk is good or not, but I've become incredibly suspicious of mainstream media as they've simply become a bullhorn for govt/corporate propaganda and their own self-interests, even if it means reporting untruths. I now look at all new stories and say, "okay, that's what they want me to believe, now I have to go out and determine if it's true." Corporate media insists on full transparency from everyone . . . but themselves. The minute you question big corporate media companies and their conflicts of interest, out come all the typical accusations that you're a racist, sexist, bigot, homophobe, blah, blah, etc. I think they fear Twitter is becoming a competitor rather than a partner in crime.
The media used to be incredibly suspicious of big pharma, and rightly so. Now they're almost totally in bed with them. Almost none of them did any due diligence, because a huge chunk of their ad revenue was coming from big pharma. Makes total sense to me that all the corrupt advertisers (the ones who want ONLY their narrative to be told and any dissenters to be crushed) have stopped advertising on Twitter. And Musk seems to be making an effort towards real de-centralized citizen journalism (more like substack) and away from centralized, approval required, command-and-control "we'll decide what you can say" sorts of sites like youtube, NY Times, The Atlantic, and many others.
It's Orwellian. The euphemisms and doublespeak: "it's not censorship, it's content moderation." Glenn Greenwald, a gay man who is married to his husband, and one of the few remaining reporters with integrity put is best:
A reasonable question to ask is why do they (the media) care so much about Twitter? It's not even a public company anymore. So what if advertising revenue is down, the public is no longer invested so whom is the media out to save? I don't know if Elon Musk is good or not, but I've become incredibly suspicious of mainstream media as they've simply become a bullhorn for govt/corporate propaganda and their own self-interests, even if it means reporting untruths. I now look at all new stories and say, "okay, that's what they want me to believe, now I have to go out and determine if it's true." Corporate media insists on full transparency from everyone . . . but themselves. The minute you question big corporate media companies and their conflicts of interest, out come all the typical accusations that you're a racist, sexist, bigot, homophobe, blah, blah, etc. I think they fear Twitter is becoming a competitor rather than a partner in crime.
The media used to be incredibly suspicious of big pharma, and rightly so. Now they're almost totally in bed with them. Almost none of them did any due diligence, because a huge chunk of their ad revenue was coming from big pharma. Makes total sense to me that all the corrupt advertisers (the ones who want ONLY their narrative to be told and any dissenters to be crushed) have stopped advertising on Twitter. And Musk seems to be making an effort towards real de-centralized citizen journalism (more like substack) and away from centralized, approval required, command-and-control "we'll decide what you can say" sorts of sites like youtube, NY Times, The Atlantic, and many others.
It's Orwellian. The euphemisms and doublespeak: "it's not censorship, it's content moderation." Glenn Greenwald, a gay man who is married to his husband, and one of the few remaining reporters with integrity put is best:
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