The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. – H. L. Mencken “The bull wears himself out on the cape and never sees the sword.” – Robert A. …
Category: media
Mar 31 2022
Credible Versus Conclusive
Once in a great while, a mainstream media outlet “’fesses up.” That happened once with the New York Times, whose first “public editor” – a rough equivalent for “ombudsman” – Daniel Okrent admitted in print that the Times was a left-leaning organ. He attributed it to the Times’ Northeastern urban base…but he admitted it. …
Mar 09 2022
Fidelity To “The Narrative”
A reposted Jack Cashill article (the original American Thinker posting is apparently inaccessible) on the George Zimmerman / Trayvon Martin episode illuminates exactly where the media stands on “facts” and “truth.” Cashill was offended by the appearance of a deceitful Trayvon Martin canonization piece, on February 26 of this year, the ten-year anniversary of …
Feb 09 2022
Determined Not To Say The “Obvious”
This is a very short clip, yet critically important. Tucker Carlson asked why public officials ignore the significantly irregular rise in deaths in the last quarter of 2021. Adding “Why aren’t they screaming.” For some reason Charlie Kirk simply did not come up with one particular motivation even though he broke the story. It is …
Nov 24 2021
The Information Crisis
Yesterday’s piece seems to have rubbed a few raw nerves even rawer. I meant every word of it, so those who took umbrage at it for whatever reason can kiss my red-white-and-blue ass. That goes for the anti-Semites, the “flyovers” who think the disease is confined to the coasts, the militant atheists who can’t …
Nov 22 2021
When Systematic Analysis Is No Longer Necessary
(I chose the title because I’ve grown weary of titles that include “masks dropping.”) When the enemy shows you his motivations in broad daylight, you no longer need to analyze about them. This is especially the case when his deeds are a perfect match to his words. The media, in covering the …
Nov 07 2021
Brilliance That Must Not Blush Unseen
I’ve long had a high regard for Paul Joseph Watson. I know, I know: “he’s not to everyone’s taste.” But he strikes the jugular with great regularity. I have yet to catch him in a falsehood or a deliberate distortion, and you can bet your bottom dollar that I’m alert to such things. So …
Oct 13 2021
Media Strategies And Tactics
“Your enemy is your teacher.” – Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game There’s vast insight in those five words…and most people miss it completely. How is your enemy your teacher? His objectives are antithetical to yours. Surely he isn’t trying to teach you how to beat him! And yet, in a combat situation, he’s …
Sep 16 2021
The Mind-Bogglings Continue
I have learned an important lesson: Never imagine that it can’t get worse. As a corollary, never imagine that it can’t get more absurd. There’s no limit apparent to the clownishness of American politicians. They’re beginning to make their colleagues in Italy and France look like sober-minded statesmen. Consider this bit of nonsense, …
Sep 01 2021
A Comment On Commentary
Back in the heyday of blogging, everyone and his halfwit Uncle Herman had a blog. There were, at peak, over 50 million such sites. Most, of course, were of no broad consequence: little was posted there, and most of that was worthless. However, they gave their “proprietors” a sense that they could be listened …
Aug 16 2021
The Rats Are Leaving The Sinking Ship
The collapse of a regime is reliably preceded by the undisguised abandonment of its external allies. This is particularly visible among its former media supporters. Have a few links: From The Atlantic From Politico From CNN From MSN And a very revealing interview. As this will cost American lives and still more …
Aug 06 2021
Fighting FB Disinfo
At every post that mentions the vaques, FB intrudes the tag shown in the picture below. While it is impossible to reply to the intruders, a rebuttal has been permitted and it gets copied and repeated. So there are ways to fight back, at least until FB decides to penalize every account that repeats it. …
Jul 20 2021
Giveaways 2021-07-20
Very few people ask “why?” with sufficient frequency. Even fewer demand an answer and refuse to rest until they get one. Consider the following three pieces: Get Vaccinated – Or Else Concerning recent church burnings in Canada The changing tone of the Mainstream Media The unifying factor here might take a moment …
Jul 11 2021
It’s Time For Body Armor, Gentle Readers
For more than a year, we were told that it was legally and morally imperative that we: Wear face masks; Stay away from one another; Stay away from churches, concerts, sports events, etc. All this for an infectious disease no more dangerous than common influenza. Then came the “vaccines.” For reasons too …
Jun 25 2021
Reality Is Racist, Say “Fact Checkers”
Accurate journalism about crime, it seems, “fosters systemic racism.” Paul Joseph Watson reports: If taking note of actual events, or faithfully reporting them to an audience of news consumers, is “racist,” then it won’t be long before: Testifying in court that you witnessed the commission of a crime is ruled contempt of court…if …
May 09 2021
Communications Breakdown
This is likely to be one of my more discursive pieces – I’m warning myself as well as you, Gentle Readers – so please bear with me as I strive to organize it. In keeping with the old dictum that the presentation of an important idea should have a tripartite structure: Tell them …
Apr 27 2021
Freudian Slips Dept.
This one is courtesy of Wes Rhinier at NCRenegade: Laugh? Cry? Or bellow in fury? In this particular multiple-choice test, there are no wrong answers.
Apr 20 2021
Extinction And Rebirth
We called them “the media.” Some of us knew why: they were the middlemen between us and the information we sought. They formed a conduit between events of significance and those of us who wanted to know about them. We trusted them to pass the information about those events to us, undistorted and untainted …
Apr 17 2021
Pushing The Outside Of The Credibility Envelope
Courtesy of Weasel Zippers, we have this literally incredible story about Joe Biden’s “popularity:” Joe Biden approaches the 100-day mark of his presidency with a relatively strong job approval rating and the public continuing to express positive views of the coronavirus aid package passed by Congress last month. Moreover, nearly three-quarters of Americans …
Apr 05 2021
Chronicles Of The Narrative Engineers
Does anyone else remember this piece? I stated my conclusion and theme quite plainly: If there’s anything that a conservative or libertarian must keep constantly in mind, it’s that whatever their enticements and cajolery, the Main Stream Media are not his friend. They’re not interested in his positions or his arguments for them. …
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