tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13259631.post3247803693107370958..comments2023-12-07T03:01:28.197-06:00Comments on Tangled Weblog: I'll bet you didn't see this on the news!JMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15163521274652768781noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13259631.post-301296710869855592008-10-04T14:42:00.000-05:002008-10-04T14:42:00.000-05:00I have learned from reading various authors that t...I have learned from reading various authors that the people who control the government and the people who control the mass media all come from the same stock. Their similar goals and interests (staying at the top of the socioeconomic scale, for one) cause them to work together to keep us sheeple as uninformed as possible.JMGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15163521274652768781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13259631.post-10752180763128287132008-10-03T16:29:00.000-05:002008-10-03T16:29:00.000-05:00So is the government controlling the news that is ...<I>So is the government controlling the news that is covered?</I><BR/><BR/>Since reading Noam Chomsky I've never watched the news again with the same trusting eyes.<BR/><BR/>I would particularly recommend <I>Manufacturing Consent</I>, <I>Media Control</I>, and <I>Hegemony or Survival</I>, all three of which are eye-opening antidotes to sheepness.Dr. Mike Kearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084390874645801690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13259631.post-37055759651790555202008-10-01T14:43:00.000-05:002008-10-01T14:43:00.000-05:00I wonder if they'll bring out the 1st Combat Briga...I wonder if they'll bring out the 1st Combat Brigade Team the next time the protesters come out?JMGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15163521274652768781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13259631.post-25492182111954964912008-10-01T14:34:00.000-05:002008-10-01T14:34:00.000-05:00I think they were saying "The bailout is b***s***....I think they were saying "The bailout is b***s***. You broke it, you buy it."JMGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15163521274652768781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13259631.post-2268597029454623612008-10-01T14:24:00.000-05:002008-10-01T14:24:00.000-05:00So is the government controlling the news that is ...So is the government controlling the news that is covered?<BR/><BR/>BTW, I could not understand what they were chanting. Can you post that?Tony Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497055762329338990noreply@blogger.com