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Apr 16, 2022Liked by Rebecca Strong

Follow the money on those “independent” news sites too

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Apr 23, 2022Liked by Rebecca Strong

Thorough and straightforward assessment of everything that I wish all people would become aware of. I was just old enough on 9/11 to open my eyes to all the changes described in this article, and I am a healthy-minded freedom-loving individual because of it.

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I read this on Children's Health Defense and came here, to the horse's mouth ;-) Really excellent piece and so important. I've been following Project Censored for a decade. I also listened religiously to Amy Goodman up until 2-3 yrs ago when every story seemed to be about Trump. I think she's an example of the capture of independent media by the wokespeak narrative. My theory is that Trump was the Great Setup to the Great Reset, and was as repugnant as possible to make the left go the opposite way into obedient, pro-Pharma, pro-high tech, pro-censorship, pro-propaganda warmongers.

I have a recent video/ essay about one part of how this happened: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/p/manufacturing-contempt.

But you might be interested in a radio piece I did 13 yrs ago on a book called The Soap Opera Paradigm by James H. Wittebols who i"lluminates the devolution of news into the serial radio drama. Personally, I thought that radio and TV had always been infotainment sponsored by and for profit. My biggest surprise was finding out that wasn't the norm when radio and TV began. As we look at how our expectations for journalism and integrity have been lowered, it's notable that we the people wanted and recognized high quality before junk media, like junk food, hooked us on pre-digested bursts of quick sensations. Media is now the simple carbohydrate of the mind--empty calories fostering a lazy metabolism." http://thirdparadigm.org/3p_024.php

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Apr 19, 2022·edited Apr 19, 2022Liked by Rebecca Strong

Well written and thoughtful. I am grateful for the website RealClearInvestigations. It consolidates news from both left leaning and right leaning sources.

I think the problem is that the internet disrupted everything, including what people consider 'news'.

Local news reporting is a tricky beast. Google, rarely mentioned in your research, is the largest influence on investigative reports being discovered. Following Google is Facebook. After that is Twitter, then YouTube

Local newspapers and local TV stations mainly died because the Google, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube websites destroyed the business models (local advertising) of newspapers and TV stations that had geographical monopolies/cartels.

How to fund investigative journalists is a problem. Some foundations fund independent journalism, but they all seem to pressure (or favor stories) slanted in certain directions.

I am grateful for substack. At least there are articles by 100s of people with journalistic training who do in-depth reporting from all different viewpoints.

Reminiscing about the 'good 'ole days' of journalism is fun, but doesn't solve our problems.

Democratization of the news is fun, isn't it?

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Apr 12, 2022Liked by Rebecca Strong

Good start here. Looking forward to part 2.

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Amazing piece. This is exactly the kind of work people deserve to be able to read. This is real journalism.

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The sad thing is I've known many of these facts for 20-25 years - when I had a good job, I contributed to FAIR. But no one around me with more money or influence cared. I was for a time friends with a woman publisher of an alternative newspaper in Indianapolis, but she was so gaga for Bill & Hillary Clinton for their other policies that she spent no time teaching others about media consolidation. And she was typical of most affluent liberals I've known.

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Apr 16, 2022Liked by Rebecca Strong

Well done. I do hope to see in part 2 the influence of the C_A and their 4AM downloads into the MSM and from there into the hearts and minds of Western viewers/listeners. The parroted line in the video, "...this is dangerous for our democracy," sounds like one of those mockingbird drops.

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Oct 23, 2022·edited Oct 23, 2022

This is interesting, thanks. I'm confused by the use of the quote indents. It seems they are not actually used for quotes?

Like for example, what is the significance of this paragraph being indented?

"As it turns out, there’s evidence to legitimize this concern. In a 2021 MCS study, more than 30% of editors reported experiencing some form of pressure on the newsroom from their parent company or its board of directors. And 29% said they knew reporters had "self-censored" due to such interference. Pressured editors admitted to taking a more relaxed approach in reporting practices when interlocked individuals or organizations were the topics of news coverage. They also admitted to lowering their expectations for balance in coverage of board members."

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The overwhelming presence of high-powered media executives who qualify for Israeli citizenship should not be ignored. Yet it is.

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Add to that a question about prayer. How to pray for, for example "World Peace", without knowing the real world?

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Fairly good article. However all of your suggested news websites are leftwing, damaging your credibility considerably. I would never visit any one of them.

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Maybe, but those 6 are still by and large more reliable and truthful than the extreme far-right "media."

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Sanders is a Trojan Horse. Shameful how he enabled the Clinton Cartel.

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