Propaganda is making you stupid

From the link below:

"Twenty-four hour cable news coverage of the ugly war in Ukraine is keeping Americans hyped up and dumbed down. The very real horror of war is on the screen for all to see. The bombed-out buildings, the mounting civilian casualties and the frightened refugees speak their own truth. Unfortunately, we rarely see the victims, the grieving families and the terrified refugees when the invader is the US. The "shock and awe" US terror bombing campaign on Baghdad was described by one network TV anchor as a "beautiful thing to see."

Totally absent from nonstop coverage of the war and condemnations of Russian president Putin is any reporting on the role of the United States and NATO in creating the crisis over Ukraine. No reports about the relentless NATO expansion up to the very borders of Russia. No mention of US missile emplacements in Romania and Poland. Nothing about the unilateral US exit from vital nuclear treaties—the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (George W. Bush, 2002), and the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (Donald Trump, 2018).

Such reporting would be unpatriotic in a time of war, would it not? We don't want to justify Russian aggression. We don't even want to hear their side of the story. A simplistic, one-sided narrative tells us that Vladimir Putin—who is both evil and mad—has initiated a war in order to rebuild the former Russian empire. Who knows where he might stop? There is absolutely no evidence to support this implausible narrative. But the truth be damned. This is war."

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/03/14/message-biden-help-de-escalation-ukraine-or-risk-nuclear-war

When the invader is the US you don't see the victims as much. Now that the invader is Russia you get a steady stream of victims to manipulate your emotions. If you do not recognize this as being propaganda you are being stupid.

@metal-brain said
From the link below:

"Twenty-four hour cable news coverage of the ugly war in Ukraine is keeping Americans hyped up and dumbed down. The very real horror of war is on the screen for all to see. The bombed-out buildings, the mounting civilian casualties and the frightened refugees speak their own truth. Unfortunately, we rarely see the victims, the grieving families an ...[text shortened]... to manipulate your emotions. If you do not recognize this as being propaganda you are being stupid.

@jimm619 said
I've no doubt that you are an expert on this subject.

@metal-brain said
From the link below:

"Twenty-four hour cable news coverage of the ugly war in Ukraine is keeping Americans hyped up and dumbed down. The very real horror of war is on the screen for all to see. The bombed-out buildings, the mounting civilian casualties and the frightened refugees speak their own truth. Unfortunately, we rarely see the victims, the grieving families an ...[text shortened]... to manipulate your emotions. If you do not recognize this as being propaganda you are being stupid.

@metal-brain said
Totally absent from nonstop coverage of the war and condemnations of Russian president Putin is any reporting on the role of the United States and NATO in creating the crisis over Ukraine. No reports about the relentless NATO expansion up to the very borders of Russia.

@vivify said
That's not true. There are plenty of outlets that have reported on it and I've posted links on this site discussing that, in addition to No1Marauder, Shav, and others.

It's not that it hasn't been reported; the problem is that you, an apologist for Russia, want that topic to dominate media coverage rather than Russian bombs murdering civilians.

@metal-brain said
Simple question. Is the corporate news media biased against Russia in their reporting right now? Yes or no?

@wildgrass said
This article refers to a very small subset of people. CNN primetime gets (at best) a million viewers. I think reporters get stuck in a cycle where they're on twitter all the time and they watch Tucker Carlson so they think everyone must be "nonstop" brainwashed just like they are.

We're not. Most of us have jobs that switch our brains to a different frequency every once in awhile. The propaganda is easy to see through.

Read and watch local news.

@wildgrass said
The only non-corporate news media I know of is PBS/NPR.

@metal-brain said
Simple question. Is the corporate news media biased against Russia in their reporting right now? Yes or no?

@metal-brain said
"The propaganda is easy to see through."

A lot of people think they see it and maybe you see some of it, but I doubt very much you see all of it. A lot of propaganda is what you do not see. For example, the corporate news media does not mention the thousands of people that were killed in the Donbas region. That omission is propaganda. It serves to distort the historica ...[text shortened]... ange. They then deny the truth because the truth merely seems absurd.

Can you prove Tucker wrong?

@wildgrass said
I dunno and i don't watch/listen. From the clips I've picked up, the well paid corporate media "analyst" Tucker Carlson parrots Putin word for word on his state-run television. Tucker's a word smith with illogical arguments, a theatrical wizard who doesn't care about news or reality.

@vivify said
How would you know if it was biased or not?

@metal-brain said
"Tucker Carlson parrots Putin word for word "

That is just silly. Do you think the same thing about me? It wouldn't be the first time somebody thought so. I have been accused of being on Putin's payroll and even being a Russian. I didn't know wanting to avoid WW3 was unreasonable.

@metal-brain said
Is there is a bias against Putin despite the fact that invading Ukraine is no more evil than GW Bush invading Iraq?