thelibertybeacon--2020-09-24--Trump tears into social media firms for ‘abusing’ conservatives

Trump tears into social media firms for ‘ abusing ’ conservatives on behalf of ‘ Radical Left ’ US President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr have gone on the warpath against Big Tech , unveiling proposed reforms to the firms ’ Section 230 liability that would curtail their ability to effect political censorship .
Singling out Twitter ’ s censorship of “ conservative views , ” the president warned the major tech platforms that the days of their exercising unrestrained political influence were numbered .
He was speaking on Wednesday at a roundtable discussion with Attorney General William @ @ @ @ @ @ @ counterparts , and Senator Josh Hawley ( R-Missouri ) , one of Congress ’ most vocal critics of Big Tech .
Big Tech has “ used their power to engage in unscrupulous business practices while simultaneously waging war on free enterprise and free expression , ” Trump told the assembled officials .
In case it wasn ’ t clear the president was referring to his own treatment by Twitter ( and to a lesser extent Facebook ) , Trump singled the microblogging platform out for “ routinely restrict [ ing ] posts expressing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the United States ” while supposedly allowing “ vile antisemitic hate and even death threats ” from Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei .
The proposed reforms would force tech companies to make their terms of service both clearly-defined and publicly available and prevent them from selectively enforcing them – i.e .
using one rule for political enemies and another for allies .
Platforms would be forbidden from using “ deceptive or pretextual grounds ” to block access to content and must notify users in a timely fashion if their content is restricted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a “ meaningful opportunity to respond ” to any content removal , unless the offending material “ relates to terrorism or other criminal activity ” or would “ risk imminent harm to others.
” The bill exempts from liability protection any company that “ acted purposefully with the conscious object to promote , solicit , or facilitate material or activity ” it knew would violate federal law .
Platforms are also forbidden from blocking access to material hosted on another platform , unless they have “ an objectively reasonable belief ” that content @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , filthy , excessively violent , promoting terrorism or violent extremism , harassing , promoting self-harm , or unlawful.
” Merely deeming content “ objectionable , ” however , is no longer protected under the liability shield .
Trump ’ s political opponents have unsurprisingly denounced the proposal .
Ironically-named NGO Free Press said the anti-censorship provisions would “ incentivize platforms to host content created by racists , sexists , propagandists , and trolls ” and “ open the door to those who want to drown the internet in an ocean of disinformation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as “ a naked attempt to silence anyone who attempts to correct or criticize Trump , his allies , and fellow travelers.
” There is nothing in the text about banning criticism or fact-checking .
Section 230 protects social media platforms from being held liable for content posted by their users .
It has been the subject of much debate in recent years as tech firms have become more overtly political .
But while Trump signed an executive order in May threatening to strip away Section 230 protection from those tech firms that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have merely increased their censorship since then , citing the need to protect November ’ s election from the scourge of “ disinformation ” and “ meddling ” and guard against a coronavirus “ infodemic.
” Facebook has all but threatened to go dark if the results are remotely close , while Twitter ’ s director of public policy quit last week to join the Biden transition team – just days after users observed their videos of Biden touching children inappropriately were being removed as “ child sexual exploitation.
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Trump tears into social media firms for ‘abusing’ conservatives on behalf of ‘Radical Left’
‘War on free enterprise & expression’
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US President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr have gone on the warpath against Big Tech, unveiling proposed reforms to the firms’ Section 230 liability that would curtail their ability to effect political censorship.
Singling out Twitter’s censorship of “conservative views,” the president warned the major tech platforms that the days of their exercising unrestrained political influence were numbered. He was speaking on Wednesday at a roundtable discussion with Attorney General William Barr, nine of his Republican state counterparts, and Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), one of Congress’ most vocal critics of Big Tech.
President @realDonaldTrump on social media bias: At the urging of the Radical Left, these social media platforms have become intolerant of diverse political views pic.twitter.com/h5nc3pWaMW — Team Trump (Text VOTE to 88022) (@TeamTrump) September 23, 2020
Big Tech has “used their power to engage in unscrupulous business practices while simultaneously waging war on free enterprise and free expression,” Trump told the assembled officials.
At the urging of the radical Left, these platforms have become intolerant of diverse political views and abusive toward their own users… as abusive as you could possibly be in some cases.
In case it wasn’t clear the president was referring to his own treatment by Twitter (and to a lesser extent Facebook), Trump singled the microblogging platform out for “routinely restrict[ing] posts expressing conservative views, even from a President of the United States” while supposedly allowing “vile antisemitic hate and even death threats” from Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
The proposed reforms would force tech companies to make their terms of service both clearly-defined and publicly available and prevent them from selectively enforcing them – i.e. using one rule for political enemies and another for allies. Platforms would be forbidden from using “deceptive or pretextual grounds” to block access to content and must notify users in a timely fashion if their content is restricted or removed. Users must be granted a “meaningful opportunity to respond” to any content removal, unless the offending material “relates to terrorism or other criminal activity” or would “risk imminent harm to others.”
The bill exempts from liability protection any company that “acted purposefully with the conscious object to promote, solicit, or facilitate material or activity” it knew would violate federal law. Platforms are also forbidden from blocking access to material hosted on another platform, unless they have “an objectively reasonable belief” that content is “obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, promoting terrorism or violent extremism, harassing, promoting self-harm, or unlawful.” Merely deeming content “objectionable,” however, is no longer protected under the liability shield.
Trump’s political opponents have unsurprisingly denounced the proposal. Ironically-named NGO Free Press said the anti-censorship provisions would “incentivize platforms to host content created by racists, sexists, propagandists, and trolls” and “open the door to those who want to drown the internet in an ocean of disinformation and toxicity,” denouncing the bill as “a naked attempt to silence anyone who attempts to correct or criticize Trump, his allies, and fellow travelers.” There is nothing in the text about banning criticism or fact-checking.
Section 230 protects social media platforms from being held liable for content posted by their users. It has been the subject of much debate in recent years as tech firms have become more overtly political. But while Trump signed an executive order in May threatening to strip away Section 230 protection from those tech firms that engaged in deceptive practices, most platforms have merely increased their censorship since then, citing the need to protect November’s election from the scourge of “disinformation” and “meddling” and guard against a coronavirus “infodemic.”
Facebook has all but threatened to go dark if the results are remotely close, while Twitter’s director of public policy quit last week to join the Biden transition team – just days after users observed their videos of Biden touching children inappropriately were being removed as “child sexual exploitation.”
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-24--Facebook Launches Long-Promised ‘Oversight Board’ Before US Election

Facebook is planning to move ahead with the launch of its “ Supreme Court-style ” oversight committee – which Sen. Josh Hawley has lambasted as Facebook ’ s ‘ special censorship committee ’ – according to a report published Thursday morning in the FT. Just days after the UK business broadsheet reported that Facebook was planning for dozens of election-night contingency scenarios , including – presumably – shutting down any official or unofficial accounts that suggest President Trump won ’ t accept the results of the election , an issue that has sent liberals into a tizzy after Trump again @ @ @ @ @ @ @ House .
The oversight board , which was first mentioned by Zuckerberg in November 2018 , will start accepting cases from mid-to-late October .
Of course , the rules of the committee allow 90 days for review , meaning decisions on issues taken up before and during the vote might not be resolved until early next year .
Though the board will process cases submitted by users and from within Facebook , it will have an “ expedited ” option that the company can deploy to demand a quicker turnaround on a given @ @ @ @ @ @ @ announced the members , including major figures from across the political spectrum , including Alan Rusbridger , the former editor of the Guardian newspaper , to John Samples , vice-president of the libertarian think-tank , the Cato Institute .
While the review board will be in place , Facebook cautioned that it won ’ t be the primary mechanism via which the social media platform ‘ self-polices ’ for censoring “ harmful ” speech , like ‘ premature ’ claims of victory from Trump .
The board ’ s focus will be entirely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a report from Politico published in May .
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Facebook Launches Long-Promised ‘Oversight Board’ Before US Election
The board’s focus will be entirely “forward looking,” according to a report from Politico
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Facebook is planning to move ahead with the launch of its “Supreme Court-style” oversight committee – which Sen. Josh Hawley has lambasted as Facebook’s ‘special censorship committee’ – according to a report published Thursday morning in the FT.
Just days after the UK business broadsheet reported that Facebook was planning for dozens of election-night contingency scenarios, including – presumably – shutting down any official or unofficial accounts that suggest President Trump won’t accept the results of the election, an issue that has sent liberals into a tizzy after Trump again joked about refusing to leave the White House.
The oversight board, which was first mentioned by Zuckerberg in November 2018, will start accepting cases from mid-to-late October. Of course, the rules of the committee allow 90 days for review, meaning decisions on issues taken up before and during the vote might not be resolved until early next year. Though the board will process cases submitted by users and from within Facebook, it will have an “expedited” option that the company can deploy to demand a quicker turnaround on a given decision.
Back in May, Facebook announced the members, including major figures from across the political spectrum, including Alan Rusbridger, the former editor of the Guardian newspaper, to John Samples, vice-president of the libertarian think-tank, the Cato Institute.
While the review board will be in place, Facebook cautioned that it won’t be the primary mechanism via which the social media platform ‘self-polices’ for censoring “harmful” speech, like ‘premature’ claims of victory from Trump.
The board’s focus will be entirely “forward looking,” according to a report from Politico published in May.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-24--Tactics Used by the MSM to Manufacture Consent for the Oligarchy

Tactics Used by the MSM to Manufacture Consent for the Oligarchy The Mainstream Media ( MSM ) is in its death throws as more of the American public … and in fact the global population awaken to the misdirection , redirection and disinformation being dumped on us continuously .
This is now the purveyor of our new norm , what permeates all of what we are supposed to believe and understand .
Today we suffer not only the tyranny of a hostile shadow government or deep state ( Plandemic & Violent Riots ) , but also the massive corruption and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the MSM or the Press .
In modern history the press has failed us miserably , aligning themselves with those who would subvert our freedoms and liberties for the benefit of a few elitist oligarchs , or would-be emperors .
This has never been so blatantly apparent as what we saw in the farce we witnessed during the last Presidential election , and the current civil unrest .
Information perversion by the media , its challenge of the voice of “ We The People ” , the major push to overturn our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ election recounts , skewed polls , and now misrepresented COVID-19 facts and outright BLM and Antifa lies ( peaceful protests ) , all unprecedented in American history .
Today We The People suffer constant lies , hidden truths , and agenda far beyond anything that benefits us , all trumpeted or parroted by a totally subservient MSM , or The Fourth Estate .
This is not a guess and we can see the goals of past CIA Director William Casey … … being supported and advanced by this complicit Mainstream Media ( MSM @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unaware and compliant citizenry , fully realizing the benefits of this reality for their masters ( Oligarchs ) .
Some of the above preface is an excerpt from : • All Governments Lie : The Death Throes of the 4th Estate ( MSM ) • The Fourth Estate : Traitors to We The People • The Twenty Five Rules Of Disinformation What follows was originally written in 2014 … about six years ago , but is so profoundly on target that we felt it important that it be revisited .
If anything the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recent years as the MSM ’ s allegiance to the Deep State or Shadow Government is laid bare for all the world to see !
11 Tactics Used by the Mainstream Media to Manufacture Consent for the Oligarchy The mainstream media is aging and collapsing under the weight of its own hubris and arrogance .
Now entirely formulaic in presentation and predictable in substance , the ‘ major ’ outlets of news , which are monopolized under only a small handful of corporations , serve the purpose of misleading the public on important @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the oligarchs .
The public is still largely numb to this reality , and in a wicked catch-22 for modern man , many people are still addicted to the very media that serves as the primary weapon of social control against them .
The tide is turning , however , and to help break the spell we bring you this comprehensive list of 11 tactics used against the public by the mainstream media to coerce consensus , divide , conquer , ridicule and stifle truthful or meaningful conversation about the state of our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – What is not on the nightly news ?
This is the most important question to ask when consuming mainstream media .
The average hour long broadcast consists of 48 minutes or less of actual news programming , minus , of course , the chit-chatting , the expensive motion graphics and the bumpers , highlights and story recaps .
With a formula like this , full of pomp and grandstanding , the impression given is that if does not make it on the nightly news , the it is not of significance .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ mainstream media manufactures consent for policy makers and advertisers is by omitting from the news reel those stories and perspectives which may compromise the broadcasters agenda , whatever that may be .
2 .
Controlling the Debate – Who is arguing , and for what cause ?
News programs are businesses just like anything else , and as such news executives keep a go-to list of contacts to fulfill any necessary role in a program or segment .
If the government needs credibility , they roll out an ex-president and remind you that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ military industrial complex needs a voice , then they roll out a familiar think-tanker to interject in a debate with a common-sense perspective in favor of national security .
If something is too complicated for public consumption , then they open the rolodex to the ‘ experts ’ page and shuffle some know-it-all in front of the camera .
The media is laden with groomed pundits , so-called opinion leaders , and commentators , and each one has a definite reputation , each one resonates with a specific target audience , and each @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conversation .
Program guests are very well vetted , and news is a science , a very lucrative science that excels in giving the impression of a diversity in ideas while keeping the debate sequestered in a very well constructed box .
The characters in this box make all the difference .
3 .
Selecting the Right Anchors , Casters and Presenters – Our lives have been pegged to the dollar , and as such , a ‘ good job ’ is valued above many genuine virtues .
People like to keep their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ news casters , and since news is , again , a business , the voices and faces on news programs are hired to perform a role , a job description , a task .
They are not employed to pursue morally driven journalism for the benefit of society .
If they perform as they are required , they advance and gain more exposure .
If they rock the boat , there are a thousand other hungry job-seekers chomping at the bit to replace them and do exactly they are hired to do .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ else , and those at the forefront are the best at playing the role .
4 .
Scripting and Synchronizing News – One of the creepier and more blatant efforts to homogenize thought and manufacture consent is to script the news at high level , then distribute these scripts to many different locales and anchors to read verbatim , while they feign authenticity .
This is partially a result of the business decision to save money by employing as few actual news gatherers as possible , but is also a key part of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of different backgrounds and interests .
The government has also been known to interject itself into the chain of command for selecting which news scripts are to be disseminated to the public .
This is the most fundamental characteristic of propaganda , and is rather embarrassing to witness once you realize just how disingenuous your local news presenters are and just how easily duped most people are .
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Politicizing Everything – Language is the greatest weapon of social control , and with mainstream media , powerfully debilitating language is pushed into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vs. Liberal .
Democrat vs. Republican .
Right-winger vs. Left-winger .
Good vs. Bad .
Left vs .
Right .
Right vs. Wrong .
White vs. Black .
The truth is that ideas and opinions are as vastly different as grains of sand on a beach , yet the media intentionally frames every issue in terms of a phony left-right paradigm that has been constructed to pigeon hole complex ideas and interests into a cheapened thought prison .
No unorthodox idea or point of view can reach critical mass because everything is automatically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against us ’ mindset , turning people against each other for no reason other than to appeal to our desire to be on the winning team .
The mainstream media is the chief party responsible for creating the constructs of ‘ left ’ and ‘ right , ’ which have been tightly integrated into our social consciousness as a means of achieving divisiveness and disagreement among the populace .
This is the chief tactic of divide and conquer , and when people are compelled on any issue to ‘ pick a team ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s bitter end , many opportunities for true progress are lost and the populace is easily goaded into a position favorable to the elite .
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Using the Language of Separation and Labels – Sometime in the 1990 ’ s , the mainstream media stopped referring to people as ‘ people ’ or even as ‘ citizens ’ and began calling everyone ‘ consumers.
’ Once again , language is important to shaping reality , and as ‘ consumers ’ our role in the affairs of business and state are reduced to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ choose and reject , not interject and affect .
We ’ ve all heard the label ‘ conspiracy theorist , ’ which is the most popular label used when an idea or story is unfavorable to the mainstream media and the interests that back them up .
You are a ‘ conspiracy theorist ’ if you ask questions , assimilate facts in a logical manner , or pursue justice outside of the main flow of public discourse on a popular issue .
This type of language is also part of the process of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people in accordance with their country of origin , religion , skin color , economic class , or whatever else , more wedges of division are driven into the populace , deflating our inherent power in numbers .
News is a commodity just like everything else these days , and although many still believe the point of news is to inform , it is important to accept the hard truth that the purpose of the news is really just to sell something , be it a product , an idea , a candidate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or whatever .
For this , the mainstream media is focused on first deciding which issues are to be discussed in the public forum , then by using a bagful of tricks to shape people ’ s perceptions of an issue , the media divides us and pits us against each other while leading us into consent for an underlying and hidden agenda .

Tactics Used by the MSM to Manufacture Consent for the Oligarchy
By: Roger Landry (TLB)
The Mainstream Media (MSM) is in its death throws as more of the American public … and in fact the global population awaken to the misdirection, redirection and disinformation being dumped on us continuously. This is now the purveyor of our new norm, what permeates all of what we are supposed to believe and understand.
Today we suffer not only the tyranny of a hostile shadow government or deep state (Plandemic & Violent Riots), but also the massive corruption and complicity of The Fourth Estate otherwise identified as the MSM or the Press.
In modern history the press has failed us miserably, aligning themselves with those who would subvert our freedoms and liberties for the benefit of a few elitist oligarchs, or would-be emperors. This has never been so blatantly apparent as what we saw in the farce we witnessed during the last Presidential election, and the current and growing unrest. Information perversion by the media, its challenge of the voice of “We The People”, the major push to overturn our voices via, forced election recounts, skewed polls, and now misrepresented COVID-19 facts and outright BLM and Antifa lies (peaceful protests), all unprecedented in American history.
Today We The People suffer constant lies, hidden truths, and agenda far beyond anything that benefits us, all trumpeted or parroted by a totally subservient MSM, or The Fourth Estate. This is not a guess and we can see the goals of past CIA Director William Casey …
We will know our program of disinformation has succeeded when everything the American people believe is … FALSE …
… being supported and advanced by this complicit Mainstream Media (MSM) in an attempt to facilitate an unaware and compliant citizenry, fully realizing the benefits of this reality for their masters (Oligarchs).
Some of the above preface is an excerpt from:
Also see:
What follows was originally written in 2014 … about six years ago, but is so profoundly on target that we felt it important that it be revisited. If anything the eleven points have been severely exacerbated in recent years as the MSM’s allegiance to the Deep State or Shadow Government is laid bare for all the world to see!
Please read and heed …
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11 Tactics Used by the Mainstream Media to Manufacture Consent for the Oligarchy
By: Sigmund Fraud
The mainstream media is aging and collapsing under the weight of its own hubris and arrogance. Now entirely formulaic in presentation and predictable in substance, the ‘major’ outlets of news, which are monopolized under only a small handful of corporations, serve the purpose of misleading the public on important issues and manufacturing consent for government and the oligarchs.
The public is still largely numb to this reality, and in a wicked catch-22 for modern man, many people are still addicted to the very media that serves as the primary weapon of social control against them. The tide is turning, however, and to help break the spell we bring you this comprehensive list of 11 tactics used against the public by the mainstream media to coerce consensus, divide, conquer, ridicule and stifle truthful or meaningful conversation about the state of our world.
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1. Lying by Omission – What is not on the nightly news? This is the most important question to ask when consuming mainstream media. The average hour long broadcast consists of 48 minutes or less of actual news programming, minus, of course, the chit-chatting, the expensive motion graphics and the bumpers, highlights and story recaps. With a formula like this, full of pomp and grandstanding, the impression given is that if does not make it on the nightly news, the it is not of significance. The most obvious way in which the mainstream media manufactures consent for policy makers and advertisers is by omitting from the news reel those stories and perspectives which may compromise the broadcasters agenda, whatever that may be.
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2. Controlling the Debate – Who is arguing, and for what cause? News programs are businesses just like anything else, and as such news executives keep a go-to list of contacts to fulfill any necessary role in a program or segment. If the government needs credibility, they roll out an ex-president and remind you that he has ‘gravitas.’ If the military industrial complex needs a voice, then they roll out a familiar think-tanker to interject in a debate with a common-sense perspective in favor of national security. If something is too complicated for public consumption, then they open the rolodex to the ‘experts’ page and shuffle some know-it-all in front of the camera. The media is laden with groomed pundits, so-called opinion leaders, and commentators, and each one has a definite reputation, each one resonates with a specific target audience, and each one fills a predictable role in a conversation. Program guests are very well vetted, and news is a science, a very lucrative science that excels in giving the impression of a diversity in ideas while keeping the debate sequestered in a very well constructed box. The characters in this box make all the difference.
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3. Selecting the Right Anchors, Casters and Presenters – Our lives have been pegged to the dollar, and as such, a ‘good job’ is valued above many genuine virtues. People like to keep their jobs, as do news anchors and news casters, and since news is, again, a business, the voices and faces on news programs are hired to perform a role, a job description, a task. They are not employed to pursue morally driven journalism for the benefit of society. If they perform as they are required, they advance and gain more exposure. If they rock the boat, there are a thousand other hungry job-seekers chomping at the bit to replace them and do exactly they are hired to do. News anchoring is a job like anything else, and those at the forefront are the best at playing the role.
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4. Scripting and Synchronizing News – One of the creepier and more blatant efforts to homogenize thought and manufacture consent is to script the news at high level, then distribute these scripts to many different locales and anchors to read verbatim, while they feign authenticity. This is partially a result of the business decision to save money by employing as few actual news gatherers as possible, but is also a key part of the strategy to achieve conformity amongst people of different backgrounds and interests. The government has also been known to interject itself into the chain of command for selecting which news scripts are to be disseminated to the public. This is the most fundamental characteristic of propaganda, and is rather embarrassing to witness once you realize just how disingenuous your local news presenters are and just how easily duped most people are.
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5. Politicizing Everything – Language is the greatest weapon of social control, and with mainstream media, powerfully debilitating language is pushed into every corner of our consciousness. Conservative vs. Liberal. Democrat vs. Republican. Right-winger vs. Left-winger. Good vs. Bad. Left vs. Right. Right vs. Wrong. White vs. Black. And so on. Ad nauseam. The truth is that ideas and opinions are as vastly different as grains of sand on a beach, yet the media intentionally frames every issue in terms of a phony left-right paradigm that has been constructed to pigeon hole complex ideas and interests into a cheapened thought prison. No unorthodox idea or point of view can reach critical mass because everything is automatically framed in a ‘with us or against us’ mindset, turning people against each other for no reason other than to appeal to our desire to be on the winning team. The mainstream media is the chief party responsible for creating the constructs of ‘left’ and ‘right,’ which have been tightly integrated into our social consciousness as a means of achieving divisiveness and disagreement among the populace. This is the chief tactic of divide and conquer, and when people are compelled on any issue to ‘pick a team’ and fight the rivalry to it’s bitter end, many opportunities for true progress are lost and the populace is easily goaded into a position favorable to the elite.
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6. Using the Language of Separation and Labels – Sometime in the 1990’s, the mainstream media stopped referring to people as ‘people’ or even as ‘citizens’ and began calling everyone ‘consumers.’ Once again, language is important to shaping reality, and as ‘consumers’ our role in the affairs of business and state are reduced to hapless bystanders whose job it is to choose and reject, not interject and affect. We’ve all heard the label ‘conspiracy theorist,’ which is the most popular label used when an idea or story is unfavorable to the mainstream media and the interests that back them up. You are a ‘conspiracy theorist’ if you ask questions, assimilate facts in a logical manner, or pursue justice outside of the main flow of public discourse on a popular issue. This type of language is also part of the process of politicizing everything, and by also labeling people in accordance with their country of origin, religion, skin color, economic class, or whatever else, more wedges of division are driven into the populace, deflating our inherent power in numbers.
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7. Asking the Wrong Questions – Press access to ‘important’ people in our society is tightly regulated, and the powers that be don’t like to be confronted with unexpected and hard questions. For this, the mainstream media dutifully uses its access to people in high places to ask softball, trivial, nonsensical, ignorant questions about irrelevant and superfluous issues. Independent media is winning the long race against corporate/fascist propagandized media because people are naturally inclined to resonate with common sense and truth, which is not at all what corporate mainline media is involved with. White house correspondents shouldn’t waste our time and insult our intelligence by asking a war time president about his pet dog or a recent golfing trip. But they do, all the time.
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8. Closing the Book Too Soon – Moving an important or complicated issue from the front page as quickly as possible is a common strategy to remove touchy subjects from the public conversation. Sadly, our national attention span is at an all time low, mostly because we’ve been trained to move from issue to issue with lightening speed, never soaking up any one thing for too long. With such a short term memory, it is easy to protect a politician, forget a genocide, ignore the long-term effects of a bank bailout, and so on, just by moving onto to something new. Once the media has signaled that a story has been resolved or adequately discussed, then any after thought, individual investigation, or further inquiry is labeled as extremist and ignored.
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9. Triviality and Distraction – With all of the important decisions being made daily by powerful people, decisions that genuinely affect quality of life for many people, the news outlets are steadfastly devoted to engaging in gossip, entertainment, murders and acts of violence, car accidents, disasters and other pablum. The body politic is kept confused by celebrity happenings, endless sports contests and other such pageantry, and the media uses these many forms of distractions to fill time and brain space so that important issues are seen as a drag or as a downer, and never given proper reflection. This is so ubiquitous in our society nowadays that there really is no escape.
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10. Outright Lying – When all else fails, just lie, make it up as you go along, sell your air time to the highest bidder, and never look back. In the internet age, people are pretty keen on fact checking, rebutting, arguing, and gathering stats, and there are enough facts available to prove any side to any story. In fact, this has become an art form for major media, and the ability to gather facts in accordance with an agenda is a profitable skill for the mainstream media. Lying has always worked, and the bigger the lie, the more likely it is to be believed.
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11. Bonus – Eye Candy and Mind Melting – This one is a bonus and part of the new era of network news. Rather than employ virtuous gumshoes and hardcore reporters of truth, mainstream media instead invests in graphic artists to make each frame of the broadcast an over-designed motion collage of brain-melting info overload. Staying focused on what the anchor or guest is actually saying is impossible. By design, the news is presented in a mad shotgun blast of competing signals, and your attention is split in ten directions with tickers, bubbles, stock footage, gyrating lights and special effects. The point here is to exhaust the mind with over-stimulation so that the brain cannot function methodically and cannot process an issue beyond the shallow surface. This is also known as hypnotism, or mind-control.
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News is a commodity just like everything else these days, and although many still believe the point of news is to inform, it is important to accept the hard truth that the purpose of the news is really just to sell something, be it a product, an idea, a candidate, a public image, a war, or whatever. For this, the mainstream media is focused on first deciding which issues are to be discussed in the public forum, then by using a bagful of tricks to shape people’s perceptions of an issue, the media divides us and pits us against each other while leading us into consent for an underlying and hidden agenda.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-24--Bio-Surveillance: New Bluetooth Tracking Tags [Video]

More often than not , you will see one small island state leading the way on all things related to futurism and technocracy .
As a self-described ‘ smart nation , ’ Singapore proudly takes the lead on any new developments in surveillance technology , like facial recognition , and it ’ s normally sold as something which will ‘ improve lives , economic opportunity and build communities.
’ So it ’ s a natural fit to play the role of beta testing ground for the new global bio-surveillance regime now being forced through under the guise of the current @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ve seen a breathtaking leap forward in terms of tracking and social engineering applications related to COVID-19 , including new mobile apps which assign green/yellow/red traffic light-style quarantine status levels to people , and governments using mobile phone signal triangulation and geofencing in order to track citizens and enforce isolation quarantines .
There ’ s also disturbing Big Brother apps like FluPhone .
We ’ ve also seen government sucking up data and using mobile alerts to inform people of anyone who has tested positive for COVID within 100 meters of their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one ’ s life and personal medical health – are unprecedented .
None of this is theoretical any more – it ’ s what has already been deployed , albeit to varying degrees and in certain regions , in countries like China , South Korea and Singapore .
When the COVID crisis first hit , it came as no surprise to see Singapore impose one of the strictest lockdowns and travel restrictions on the planet , and enforced the use of masks .
But universal adoption has been hampered in part by generational @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government in Singapore has launched a new device designed to close that gap .
In its bid to supposedly ‘ help curb the spread ’ of COVID , the government launched its new wearable COVID tracking tag , which is being called a “ token.
” Under its friendly-sounding brand , TraceTogether , the device uses Bluetooth technology to ping other people nearby using the app – giving the government a running database for tracking potential coronavirus ‘ cases.
’ The new personal track and trace tag is supposed to be ‘ voluntary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ things to come ; by complementing the government ’ s existing mobile phone app which has achieved nearly 75 % adoption among the population , the new Bluetooth tag will help the state to arrive at its goal of tracking 100 % of the population .
The initial models are fairly plain , but the government plans to launch a trendier version with new colours to try and make this surveillance device more fashionable .
Since day one , COVID policies in Singapore were among the most obsessive in the world , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ near “ Zero COVID ” by constantly tweaking their lockdown strategies , and re-calibrating “ exit strategies.
” Six months on , there seems to be no sign of pulling back , as the “ New Normal ” culture has taken on the characteristics of a new state religion in Singapore .
In this age of global media , authoritarian governments and technocrats are getting hip to the need to portray new authoritarian applications as having a ‘ democratic ’ feel , and something which is only for the collective good , hence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trace Together.
” Any concerns about data protection are usually allayed with platitudes from authorities claiming that the new surveillance technology is there to ‘ help vulnerable groups to feel safer.
’ Still , in many countries aggressive government COVID contact-tracing programs have triggered public concerns about privacy and surveillance .
In a recent interview with Bloomberg News , Janil Puthucheary , Minister-in-Charge of GovTech Singapore , voiced the new ‘ token ’ will not track user location and the data collected on each device will be deleted after 25 days .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the government gave a totally different answer to the BBC , which reported that the Bluetooth ‘ token ’ device “ helps elderly people keep a precise record of their whereabouts.
” So which is it ?
It should be pretty clear by now that when governments make claims giving lipservice to fundamental issues like privacy and civil liberties – they are simply telling the press and people what is politically expedient for that moment in time .
In general , technocrats believe that concepts like personal privacy and rights are relative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are really outdated relics of the past .
Technocracy ’ s ideology strongly believes brave new systems are needed to ‘ face the challenges of the future.
’ Governments have now enabled an unprecedented global grid of social tracking , but where does it end ?
People should not be so naive as to think it will not be relatively easy for the state to convert these instruments of bio-surveillance into tools of social control and exclusion .
We ’ re seeing this unfold already in this COVID crisis .
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More often than not, you will see one small island state leading the way on all things related to futurism and technocracy. As a self-described ‘smart nation,’ Singapore proudly takes the lead on any new developments in surveillance technology, like facial recognition, and it’s normally sold as something which will ‘improve lives, economic opportunity and build communities.’ So it’s a natural fit to play the role of beta testing ground for the new global bio-surveillance regime now being forced through under the guise of the current ‘pandemic.’
Thus far, we’ve seen a breathtaking leap forward in terms of tracking and social engineering applications related to COVID-19, including new mobile apps which assign green/yellow/red traffic light-style quarantine status levels to people, and governments using mobile phone signal triangulation and geofencing in order to track citizens and enforce isolation quarantines. There’s also disturbing Big Brother apps like FluPhone. We’ve also seen government sucking up data and using mobile alerts to inform people of anyone who has tested positive for COVID within 100 meters of their location. The levels of penetration into one’s life and personal medical health – are unprecedented.
None of this is theoretical any more – it’s what has already been deployed, albeit to varying degrees and in certain regions, in countries like China, South Korea and Singapore. When the COVID crisis first hit, it came as no surprise to see Singapore impose one of the strictest lockdowns and travel restrictions on the planet, and enforced the use of masks. But universal adoption has been hampered in part by generational attitudes and access to technology.
The government in Singapore has launched a new device designed to close that gap. In its bid to supposedly ‘help curb the spread’ of COVID, the government launched its new wearable COVID tracking tag, which is being called a “token.” Under its friendly-sounding brand, TraceTogether, the device uses Bluetooth technology to ping other people nearby using the app – giving the government a running database for tracking potential coronavirus ‘cases.’
NOTE: Readers should be aware that of all the large global corporate mainstream media outlets, Bloomberg News is producing the most amount of ‘pandemic’ propaganda – on a near hourly basis. Follow their Twitter feed to monitor their aggressive promotion of all things COVID; masks, lockdowns and ‘New Normal’ policies.
“It kind of looks like the Apple AirPods case.” Singapore is rolling out Bluetooth #Covid19 contact-tracing tokens to its residents. @mkcheok went and got hers. More @business: https://t.co/fJbDqiyb5j pic.twitter.com/U9Az1hUCXP — Bloomberg QuickTake (@QuickTake) September 22, 2020
The new personal track and trace tag is supposed to be ‘voluntary’ but it portends the shape of things to come; by complementing the government’s existing mobile phone app which has achieved nearly 75% adoption among the population, the new Bluetooth tag will help the state to arrive at its goal of tracking 100% of the population.
The initial models are fairly plain, but the government plans to launch a trendier version with new colours to try and make this surveillance device more fashionable.
Since day one, COVID policies in Singapore were among the most obsessive in the world, with state officials seemingly believing they could achieve near “Zero COVID” by constantly tweaking their lockdown strategies, and re-calibrating “exit strategies.” Six months on, there seems to be no sign of pulling back, as the “New Normal” culture has taken on the characteristics of a new state religion in Singapore.
Lipservice to Privacy Concerns
In this age of global media, authoritarian governments and technocrats are getting hip to the need to portray new authoritarian applications as having a ‘democratic’ feel, and something which is only for the collective good, hence the program’s name, “Trace Together.” Any concerns about data protection are usually allayed with platitudes from authorities claiming that the new surveillance technology is there to ‘help vulnerable groups to feel safer.’
Still, in many countries aggressive government COVID contact-tracing programs have triggered public concerns about privacy and surveillance.
In a recent interview with Bloomberg News, Janil Puthucheary, Minister-in-Charge of GovTech Singapore, voiced the new ‘token’ will not track user location and the data collected on each device will be deleted after 25 days. The adoption will also be voluntary. However, the government gave a totally different answer to the BBC, which reported that the Bluetooth ‘token’ device “helps elderly people keep a precise record of their whereabouts.”
So which is it? It should be pretty clear by now that when governments make claims giving lipservice to fundamental issues like privacy and civil liberties – they are simply telling the press and people what is politically expedient for that moment in time. In general, technocrats believe that concepts like personal privacy and rights are relative to the juggernaut of technology, and are really outdated relics of the past. Technocracy’s ideology strongly believes brave new systems are needed to ‘face the challenges of the future.’
Governments have now enabled an unprecedented global grid of social tracking, but where does it end? People should not be so naive as to think it will not be relatively easy for the state to convert these instruments of bio-surveillance into tools of social control and exclusion. We’re seeing this unfold already in this COVID crisis.
Unless people wake up to this fact and begin to push back, then governments and corporations will simply take their silence as implied consent to the new technocracy police state.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-24--What Trump’s SCOTUS Nominee Can Expect from a Media ‘Cancerous With Dishonor’

What Trump ’ s Nominee Can Expect from a Media ‘ Cancerous With Dishonor ’ Two years ago , Mark Judge was nearly crushed when the tumbril carrying high school pal Brett Kavanaugh to his intended execution ran him over .
I caught up with Mark this week , and I am happy to report he has recovered from his unhappy stint as Democratic roadkill .
Over the years , I have gotten to meet any number of other truth-tellers crushed by a media that Judge calls “ cancerous with dishonor.
” I tell many of their stories in my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ excellent writer , Mark Judge tells his own story and does so eloquently .
Judge is the first to admit he was a troubled young man .
In 1997 , as a form of atonement , he wrote an only slightly fictionalized book titled Wasted : Tales of a Gen X Drunk .
He could never have guessed that more than twenty years later , Democrats would use the book in a clumsy — but nearly successful — plot to derail Kavanaugh ’ s Supreme Court nomination .
The mechanics of the plot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ On July 6 , 2018 , the formal launch date , Christine Blasey Ford contacted the Washington Post tip line with this message : “ Potential Supreme Court nominee with assistance from his friend assaulted me in mid 1980s in Maryland .
Have therapy records talking about it.
” On July 9 , Trump nominated Kavanaugh .
On September 16 , the Post ’ s Emma Brown broke the attempted rape story : “ Ford said that one summer in the early 1980s , Kavanaugh and a friend — both stumbling drunk , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bedroom during a gathering of teenagers at a house in Montgomery County.
” The “ friend ” was Mark Judge .
The story shook the nation .
Once outed , Judge braced for the media assault .
“ I knew that they were not going to act with honor , ” he writes , and they more than lived up to his expectations .
Sometime before the Post article , Ford and her allies had apparently gotten hold of Wasted .
The book provided the detail needed to shift the alleged assault from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1980s , ” a major discrepancy the Post chose not to notice , just one of many to come .
In that same article , Brown referenced the therapy records that Ford shared with the Post .
The notes speak of “ four ” boys in on the attack — not just Kavanaugh and Judge — all of whom went on to become “ highly respected and high-ranking members of society in Washington.
” Although Judge turned his life around , no one could accuse him of becoming a “ highly respected and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Brown made no mention of that discrepancy .
Brown did question Ford about the number of attackers but took Ford at her word that the therapist had made an “ error ” by saying there were four .
At the time , Judge found himself caught in the middle of this media maelstrom .
In an email Brown sent to Judge before the bombshell article was published , she unwittingly revealed that Ford had told her of a girlfriend named “ Leland ” who was also at the party .
In her article @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Leland Ingham Keyser .
The reason why is not hard to guess : Keyser would have already told Brown she had no memory of any such party and denied even knowing Kavanaugh .
Better to suppress that bit of buzzkill .
Judge had no memory of the event , either , and , despite media accounts to the contrary , was not shy about saying so .
“ People have said that during the Kavanaugh war I avoided the press , ” he writes .
“ That ’ s not true .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ York Times , telling them the truth.
” As with Keyser , the media simply did not want to hear what Judge had to say .
Brown failed to question Ford about a more obvious discrepancy .
The therapy records , reported Brown , “ show Ford described a ‘ rape attempt ’ in her late teens.
” During her Senate testimony on September 27 , Ford insisted she was 15 at the time of the attack , which she specifically placed it in 1982 .
This is where Wasted comes into play @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rachel Mitchell , Ford said , “ I did see Mark Judge once at the Potomac Village Safeway after the time of the attack .
And it would be helpful with anyone ’ s resources if — to figure out when he worked there.
” Ford was just playing dumb .
She and her allies knew when Judge worked at Safeway .
Judge says as much in his book .
“ It was the summer before senior year , ” he writes .
That was the summer of 1982 , when Ford was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Durbin asked Ford , “ Would you please describe that encounter at the Safeway with Mark Judge and what led you to believe he was uncomfortable ?
” Ford answered Durbin ’ s question with a suspicious amount of detail .
She told of how she went with her mother to “ the Potomac Village Safeway … on the corner of Falls and River Road , ” where she saw Judge “ arranging the shopping carts.
” This was another item pilfered from Wasted .
Judge writes that his job was to manage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ left in front of the store .
According to Ford , Judge “ looked a little bit ill. ” Again , it was Judge himself who provided the necessary detail .
“ Invariably I would be hungover — or still drunk — when I got to work at seven in the morning , ” he writes in Wasted , “ and I spent most of the first hour just trying to hold myself together.
” If the Senate Democrats had the book — Sen. Leahy read a quote directly from it — how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ read it ?
Wasted provided them all the details they needed to specify a timeframe and set Kavanaugh up as Judge ’ s partner in drunken crime .
One gaping hole in Ford ’ s Senate testimony was her failure to recall how she got home from a distant suburban neighborhood in the era before cell phones .
“ I do not remember , ” she told Mitchell , “ other than I did not drive home.
” In their embarrassing book , The Education of Brett Kavanaugh , New York Times reporters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this memory lapse .
“ [ Ford ] suspects that she grabbed [ Keyser ] who probably drove her home , ” they write .
“ The details of that hasty departure are no longer clear.
” They are not clear at all .
Keyser denied that the party ever occurred , let alone the drive home .
Ford knew she did not drive home because in the summer of 1982 , the summer Judge worked at Safeway , she was too young .
“ I did not drive home from that party @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I did have my driver ’ s license , I liked to drive myself , ” she added later .
As a “ late teen ” in the “ mid-1980s ” Ford would have driven herself home after being assaulted by “ four boys , ” all of whom were to become “ highly respected ” members of Washington society .
The fact that those boys obviously did not include Judge or Kavanaugh was of no consequence to the reporter who broke the story .
Judge knows why .
“ Brown never needed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ job , ” he writes .
“ Nor did she express any shame .
In journalism ’ s current culture of dishonor , nobody ever has to.
” That culture has only grown more cancerous .
The next Supreme Court nominee can expect the worst .

What Trump’s Nominee Can Expect from a Media ‘Cancerous With Dishonor’
By: Jack Cashill
Two years ago, Mark Judge was nearly crushed when the tumbril carrying high school pal Brett Kavanaugh to his intended execution ran him over. I caught up with Mark this week, and I am happy to report he has recovered from his unhappy stint as Democratic roadkill.
Over the years, I have gotten to meet any number of other truth-tellers crushed by a media that Judge calls “cancerous with dishonor.” I tell many of their stories in my new book, Unmasking Obama. An excellent writer, Mark Judge tells his own story and does so eloquently.
Judge is the first to admit he was a troubled young man. In 1997, as a form of atonement, he wrote an only slightly fictionalized book titled Wasted: Tales of a Gen X Drunk. He could never have guessed that more than twenty years later, Democrats would use the book in a clumsy — but nearly successful — plot to derail Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination.
The mechanics of the plot were obvious to anyone paying attention. On July 6, 2018, the formal launch date, Christine Blasey Ford contacted the Washington Post tip line with this message: “Potential Supreme Court nominee with assistance from his friend assaulted me in mid 1980s in Maryland. Have therapy records talking about it.” On July 9, Trump nominated Kavanaugh.
On September 16, the Post’s Emma Brown broke the attempted rape story: “Ford said that one summer in the early 1980s, Kavanaugh and a friend — both stumbling drunk, Ford alleges — corralled her into a bedroom during a gathering of teenagers at a house in Montgomery County.” The “friend” was Mark Judge. The story shook the nation.
Once outed, Judge braced for the media assault. “I knew that they were not going to act with honor,” he writes, and they more than lived up to his expectations. Sometime before the Post article, Ford and her allies had apparently gotten hold of Wasted. The book provided the detail needed to shift the alleged assault from “mid-1980s” to the “early 1980s,” a major discrepancy the Post chose not to notice, just one of many to come.
In that same article, Brown referenced the therapy records that Ford shared with the Post. The notes speak of “four” boys in on the attack — not just Kavanaugh and Judge — all of whom went on to become “highly respected and high-ranking members of society in Washington.”
Although Judge turned his life around, no one could accuse him of becoming a “highly respected and high-ranking” member of Washington society. Brown made no mention of that discrepancy. Brown did question Ford about the number of attackers but took Ford at her word that the therapist had made an “error” by saying there were four.
At the time, Judge found himself caught in the middle of this media maelstrom. In an email Brown sent to Judge before the bombshell article was published, she unwittingly revealed that Ford had told her of a girlfriend named “Leland” who was also at the party. In her article, however, Brown made no mention of Leland Ingham Keyser. The reason why is not hard to guess: Keyser would have already told Brown she had no memory of any such party and denied even knowing Kavanaugh. Better to suppress that bit of buzzkill.
Judge had no memory of the event, either, and, despite media accounts to the contrary, was not shy about saying so. “People have said that during the Kavanaugh war I avoided the press,” he writes. “That’s not true. I talked at length to the New York Times, telling them the truth.” As with Keyser, the media simply did not want to hear what Judge had to say.
Brown failed to question Ford about a more obvious discrepancy. The therapy records, reported Brown, “show Ford described a ‘rape attempt’ in her late teens.” During her Senate testimony on September 27, Ford insisted she was 15 at the time of the attack, which she specifically placed it in 1982. This is where Wasted comes into play.
Early in her questioning by attorney Rachel Mitchell, Ford said, “I did see Mark Judge once at the Potomac Village Safeway after the time of the attack. And it would be helpful with anyone’s resources if — to figure out when he worked there.”
Ford was just playing dumb. She and her allies knew when Judge worked at Safeway. Judge says as much in his book. “It was the summer before senior year,” he writes. That was the summer of 1982, when Ford was 15.
Later, Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin asked Ford, “Would you please describe that encounter at the Safeway with Mark Judge and what led you to believe he was uncomfortable?”
Ford answered Durbin’s question with a suspicious amount of detail. She told of how she went with her mother to “the Potomac Village Safeway … on the corner of Falls and River Road,” where she saw Judge “arranging the shopping carts.” This was another item pilfered from Wasted. Judge writes that his job was to manage the “grocery baskets” that people left in front of the store.
According to Ford, Judge “looked a little bit ill.” Again, it was Judge himself who provided the necessary detail. “Invariably I would be hungover — or still drunk — when I got to work at seven in the morning,” he writes in Wasted, “and I spent most of the first hour just trying to hold myself together.”
If the Senate Democrats had the book — Sen. Leahy read a quote directly from it — how could Ford and her allies not have read it? Wasted provided them all the details they needed to specify a timeframe and set Kavanaugh up as Judge’s partner in drunken crime.
One gaping hole in Ford’s Senate testimony was her failure to recall how she got home from a distant suburban neighborhood in the era before cell phones. “I do not remember,” she told Mitchell, “other than I did not drive home.”
In their embarrassing book, The Education of Brett Kavanaugh, New York Times reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly casually dismiss this memory lapse. “[Ford] suspects that she grabbed [Keyser] who probably drove her home,” they write. “The details of that hasty departure are no longer clear.” They are not clear at all. Keyser denied that the party ever occurred, let alone the drive home.
Ford knew she did not drive home because in the summer of 1982, the summer Judge worked at Safeway, she was too young. “I did not drive home from that party or to that party, and once I did have my driver’s license, I liked to drive myself,” she added later. As a “late teen” in the “mid-1980s” Ford would have driven herself home after being assaulted by “four boys,” all of whom were to become “highly respected” members of Washington society. The fact that those boys obviously did not include Judge or Kavanaugh was of no consequence to the reporter who broke the story.
Judge knows why. “Brown never needed for a moment to worry about her job,” he writes. “Nor did she express any shame. In journalism’s current culture of dishonor, nobody ever has to.” That culture has only grown more cancerous. The next Supreme Court nominee can expect the worst.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-09-25--The Media Handles Amy Coney Barrett’s Faith With All the Care of the Heathens They Are

The Media Handles Amy Coney Barrett ’ s Faith With All the Care of a Paranoid Drunk Watching the media jump to the conclusion that Judge Amy Coney Barrett is guaranteed to be Donald Trump ’ s next [ Supreme Court ] pick has been a real treat .
Much like Ash Wednesday and the Lenten season , Barrett ’ s faith is something the media can ’ t help but attack with all the accuracy of an archer strung out on meth .
On a pretty regular basis , Christianity comes under fire from the media and from Democrats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Christian faith ( the right to life , putting God before government , etc . )
are in direct contradiction to the central tenets of progressivism ’ s faith ( abortion , putting your faith in government instead of God , etc. )
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Catholicism , for various reasons , is often attacked whenever put before a Senate committee , and we will no doubt see more of that if and when Barrett is nominated to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg .
As the attacks on Barrett began , it was very clear exactly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ put on it : as a practicing Catholic whose faith is central to her application of the law , Barrett is a religious fanatic who will bring about the era of Handmaids in our country .
The Newsweek debacle from Tuesday morning is proof enough that the media has absolutely no idea what it ’ s talking about when it brings up these smears .
After claiming that a Catholic group Barrett belongs to , the People of Praise , was the inspiration for Margaret Atwood ’ s A Handmaid ’ s Tale @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the piece to say that the People of Hope were the alleged inspiration for the ( absolutely unbearable ) book , which should not have merited the correction that Newsweek put in , but a complete retraction of the story .
But that is to be expected .
The facts don ’ t matter , and these media outlets can ’ t even be bothered to look at actual facts at all .
They would rather go off their own ( incorrect ) preconceived notions about Barrett ’ s faith all because her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trouble for their most precious sacrament , the right to kill the unborn .
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The Media Handles Amy Coney Barrett’s Faith With All the Care of a Paranoid Drunk
Red State:
Watching the media jump to the conclusion that Judge Amy Coney Barrett is guaranteed to be Donald Trump’s next [Supreme Court] pick has been a real treat. Much like Ash Wednesday and the Lenten season, Barrett’s faith is something the media can’t help but attack with all the accuracy of an archer strung out on meth.
On a pretty regular basis, Christianity comes under fire from the media and from Democrats simply because the central tenets of the Christian faith (the right to life, putting God before government, etc.) are in direct contradiction to the central tenets of progressivism’s faith (abortion, putting your faith in government instead of God, etc.).
Catholicism, for various reasons, is often attacked whenever put before a Senate committee, and we will no doubt see more of that if and when Barrett is nominated to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
As the attacks on Barrett began, it was very clear exactly what spin the media was going to put on it: as a practicing Catholic whose faith is central to her application of the law, Barrett is a religious fanatic who will bring about the era of Handmaids in our country.
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The Newsweek debacle from Tuesday morning is proof enough that the media has absolutely no idea what it’s talking about when it brings up these smears. After claiming that a Catholic group Barrett belongs to, the People of Praise, was the inspiration for Margaret Atwood’s A Handmaid’s Tale, the outlet then had to correct the piece to say that the People of Hope were the alleged inspiration for the (absolutely unbearable) book, which should not have merited the correction that Newsweek put in, but a complete retraction of the story.
But that is to be expected. The facts don’t matter, and these media outlets can’t even be bothered to look at actual facts at all. They would rather go off their own (incorrect) preconceived notions about Barrett’s faith all because her appointment to the Supreme Court could mean trouble for their most precious sacrament, the right to kill the unborn.
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