We’ve seen it before, all the time, from the lies promulgated by the Southern Poverty Law Center, to having that lie acted upon by politically-motivated “law enforcement” groups. And if you want to see how complicit the media has been in spreading those lies, simply do a Google news feed search for the terms “'anti-government’ + ‘Oath Keepers’.” [More]If it’s not “authorized journalism,” it must be “fake news.” Right?
"Fake news" is the left's way to impose censorship and control the media's message while paying lip service to "freedom of the press". Most people would agree that printing outright lies and fabrications is wrong (despite pulitzer prize winners having been exposed as doing both) and for many the solution would be to make it illegal to do so. What such people do not realize (but I am confident the leftist leaders DO) everything then would depend on who defines news as "fake". I doubt the - VAST - majority of the people who voted for Madam Clinton have even an inkling of just how thoroughly they have been and are being manipulated by the willing partnership of the MSM and Socialists/Progressives in government. I doubt most of them would have the wit to understand it if they had it explained to the. To paraphrase Stalin,"It is enough to maintain the appearance of freedom of the press".
ReplyDeleteWhile, as that great traitor to the Republic, Lincoln said, it is impossible to fool ALL of the people ALL of the time; the reality is that one need NEVER fool ALL of the people ANY of the time! One needs only to fool ENOUGH of the people ENOUGH of the time. And, for the most part, they are succeeding.