Oddbean new post about login | logout Hard not to feel disappointed in the media these days. Harder still as you age, having read certain bylines for years; having seen them develop; having witnessed them decline.
Turn off the news, +9000 happiness
Nothing new under the sun. I’m old enough to remember the Cold War & all the fakery. Russia bad etc. complete nonsense.
When was the media not disappointing?
Exactly
An understatement.
Too measured. Too polite.
Yeah I sometimes wish I could move to the Moon https://image.nostr.build/8941f94ba61d7102be5ddd44152158ae968fdd47f146c10ffbe74f7ca26b22f2.jpg
😂 this image 🏆
I stealed it 🙊
Lol from where? Someone’s NFT 😂
Media is same as is always was. It is just more efficient. I already said this week but say again. We can only be told if we listen. Maybe it is time to develope the Media Chain.
Yeah fox news is geh nostr:nevent1qqswyn2svvlhqdgw8jwd7uh7twm7vj63s52u0mswzpclzxj2xhhrkqspzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsygyymmnwvah9hdnmft2wqsk0wr9as6q32hd4xk2zlnr2q5ectznjgqpsgqqqqqqselrrsv
As a poor minority, the only luxury I've been able to afford is not paying attention to the media. Whatever bullshit they're propagating, if it's not keeping a roof over my head, food in my stomach, or money in my pocket to hell with it. Unless they start rolling back civil rights (which is still a thing in GA tbh), fuck it. nostr:nevent1qqswyn2svvlhqdgw8jwd7uh7twm7vj63s52u0mswzpclzxj2xhhrkqspzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsygyymmnwvah9hdnmft2wqsk0wr9as6q32hd4xk2zlnr2q5ectznjgqpsgqqqqqqselrrsv
By "the media" do you mean regime media? I think our access to real media is dramatically better than it used to be My goal is not to reform or even assault the regime, but to render it obsolete and impotent
There are no words to describe the level of disgracefulness.
Don't worry.... It'll get worse. nostr:nevent1qqswyn2svvlhqdgw8jwd7uh7twm7vj63s52u0mswzpclzxj2xhhrkqspzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsygyymmnwvah9hdnmft2wqsk0wr9as6q32hd4xk2zlnr2q5ectznjgqpsgqqqqqqselrrsv
Do you have an algorithm we can use in your documents that can depropagandize the news feeds and the news? Something like: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda:_The_Formation_of_Men%27s_Attitudes
There's such a thing as media today? Its been destroyed since Assange. He is a martyr .
It seems so ironic that “the news” was likely much more trustworthy in the “centralized” media days of Cronkite. The internet gave me hope (decentralized media, yeah!) but most of it seems to have been captured by dark forces. Bitcoin gives me hope too, and I just hope that these same dark forces don’t figure out a way to corrupt a decentralized general ledger too.
It's all just shadow theatre on the cave wall. We cant fairly or accurately describe most events, and that's okay. The real danger was the expectation that we could, and that news is truthful by default. This break of faith [from news] is extremely positive.
Control only what you can: your thoughts, choices, and actions. Let go of the rest, and find tranquility in that simple truth.
It's hard not to think of how the corporate media acted during the Satanic Panic of the 1980's. Journalism has been dead for decades, it's just that a few people are now finally noticing. People's lives were ruined, and no one cares. I see no decline. https://www.tpr.org/criminal-justice/2023-04-11/after-30-years-a-father-is-exonerated-in-satanic-panic-case
used to love watching the news; no longer feel this way nostr:note1ufx4qcelwq6su0yumae0ukahue94rpg4clhquyr37ydy5d0w8vpqulxsje
This is why a good personal network is important. Here we can detect when a byline deteriorates and when new ones to follow arise. So beautiful nostriches, who's doing good work now? The latest I've followed is Public (https://public.substack.com/)
Local news is the news I grew up with, and is the news that’s actually relevant to a person’s reality. Unfortunately, in an era where streaming and centralized internet platforms dominates, it’s hard to connect with local news content. There’s still good reporting to be found, even by the big boys, we just notice the bad more than the good I think.
Hi, I am a French teacher teaching English to high school students. I just wanted to say I have taught these kids about you, your bravery and the meaning of your actions. Guess what, it actually resonates with them, each year, some of them tell me they’ve loved the movie and documentaries about you and they now care far more about how they use technology. We study some extracts from your book too, they can’t believe this is a true story. Thank you for what you have done, for what you do. This is deeply important and I’ll do my best to teach it to the younger gen so they, at least, know how the game is played.
Corruption is an entirely natural process
