Those who get their news from TV, radio, and newspapers are misinformed. 90% of all US TV, newspapers, and radio are owned by 7 huge corporations and most of that by Fox, GE and Disney. They don't tell you what is good for you, they spin everything to tell you what is good for them. TV is an advertising media disguised as an entertainment and information media.

I think it was Mark Twain who said, "Those who read the newspapers are misinformed, those who don't are uninformed." Well, we have more than the newspapers now, so you can add TV and Radio to that quote.

What you get from the presstitutes on corporate media is not news but propaganda. (And yes, that is what they call themselves.) The 'news' is manipulated, creatively edited, sliced, diced and sprinkled with bald faced lies to get you to believe what the corporations want you to believe. A recent immigrant to the US from Russia commented that the propaganda here is much better than it was in the old USSR, and because of that, the Americans actually believe it!

I get everything I need from the Internet, and not from watching TV on the net. I look for both sides of everything controversial and gather from as many sources as I can, and make my own opinions. And I've learned a few trustworthy sources on many different subjects, but always read with a cui bono attitude (who benefits). That helps me identify the spin.

Of course there are presstitutes on the Internet as well. But if you did deep enough and do your best to stay away from CNN, Fox, MSNBC, and all the other major players, and also dip into what other countries are saying about us, you can usually sift through most of the propaganda and get at something more reasonable.

Insights and incites by Notes

Last edited by Notes Norton; 09/27/12 06:02 AM.