The “respectable news sources” have been fully co-opted by buffoons for decades.
Yep. It’s probably not as cartoonishly ridiculous as things might be under Putin, but given the capitalist framing all of them are in, they don’t have to be that ridiculous.
It all goes back to Chomsky - set up an extremely narrow range of permitted opinions, and “allow” vigorous debate, only in that range and marginalize anything outside that range. Rinse, repeat.
It’s probably not as cartoonishly ridiculous as things might be under Putin
It’s the same guys in both brackets. Steven Bannon made repeated trips to Eastern Europe to assist in shaping the media of Russia and its allies during Trump’s first term. And he was hardly the only one. American aid to “friendly” Russian officials goes back to Yeltsin in the early 90s and the flood of Western press behind the Iron Curtain following its collapse.
“Russia would have done it worse” is just Western Whataboutism. It’s literally the same slop coming from the same cartel of white nationalists collaborating across Continental Europe and the US. From Elon’s Twitter to Murdoch’s NewsCorp to RT guest hosting Tucker Carlson. The exact same guys.
It all goes back to Chomsky - set up an extremely narrow range of permitted opinions, and “allow” vigorous debate, only in that range and marginalize anything outside that range. Rinse, repeat.
I miss Young Chomsky. The man was clear eyed and sharp as a knife.
Yep. It’s probably not as cartoonishly ridiculous as things might be under Putin, but given the capitalist framing all of them are in, they don’t have to be that ridiculous.
It all goes back to Chomsky - set up an extremely narrow range of permitted opinions, and “allow” vigorous debate, only in that range and marginalize anything outside that range. Rinse, repeat.
It’s the same guys in both brackets. Steven Bannon made repeated trips to Eastern Europe to assist in shaping the media of Russia and its allies during Trump’s first term. And he was hardly the only one. American aid to “friendly” Russian officials goes back to Yeltsin in the early 90s and the flood of Western press behind the Iron Curtain following its collapse.
“Russia would have done it worse” is just Western Whataboutism. It’s literally the same slop coming from the same cartel of white nationalists collaborating across Continental Europe and the US. From Elon’s Twitter to Murdoch’s NewsCorp to RT guest hosting Tucker Carlson. The exact same guys.
I miss Young Chomsky. The man was clear eyed and sharp as a knife.