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#mediamanipulation

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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"It takes a lot of education to make us this stupid. Our minds require a whole lot of training to accept this horrific dystopia as the baseline norm. That’s why the empire we live under has the most sophisticated domestic propaganda machine that has ever existed.

In order to have clarity, we need to learn to look with fresh eyes. Uninitiated eyes. Eyes that have not been educated out of their initial healthy impulse to weep at what we are doing and how we are living here. We need to get in touch with that intuition within us which rejects the sickness of our society as though it was meeting it for the very first time.

Learning to meet life afresh in each instant is good practice anyway; it makes living a lot more enjoyable and beautiful, and it helps us move in a much wiser way since we’re not constantly reacting to old patterns and expectations in an ever-changing world. But as an added bonus it also peels away the tolerance we have built up for the backwards lunacy of this empire we are living under.

The less healthy this civilization feels to you, the healthier you are getting. Everything about this nightmare looks appalling through clear eyes."

caitlinjohnst.one/p/this-dysto

Caitlin’s Newsletter · This Dystopia Would Never Be Accepted Without Extensive IndoctrinationBy Caitlin Johnstone
#Propaganda#Ideology#Dystopia
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Ms. Que Banh

Privatized ethnic cleansing by Israel.
Sponsored by USA.
Allies in Geopolitical Genocidal Evil Terrorism.

After a year of genocide, Israel is ready for the next stage: outsourcing the military occupation of Gaza to foreign firms. What can Palestinians expect in these so-called “gated communities”?

This is an #educational video for international audiences on #geopolitics of Zionist terrorism #MediaManipulation tactics.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=SfUWqCow

Sourced from:
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#FreePalestine
#ColonialViolence
#EthnicCleansing
#IsraelIsATerroristState
#IsraelWarCrimes
#RacistIsrael
#IsraelRogueState
#ArmsEmbargoOnIsrael
#USAFundsGenocide
#USAFundsTerrorism
#BoycottIsrael
#BDSMovement
#BoycottIsraeliApartheid
#Genocide
#ApartheidIsrael
#SanctionIsrael
#EvilUSA
#EvilIsrael
#ZionismIsACult
#Zionists
#Colonizers
#ConcentrationCamps
#LestWeForget
#NeverAgain
#CrimesAgainstHumanity
#WarCriminals

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Ms. Que Banh

@AnnaAnthro
HRC is a vile disinformation org that creates false narratives & encourages targeted abuse/harassment of journalists. It is a well funded, pro Zionist/ethnostate pushing, censorship org at the core.

"Imagine if, instead of HonestReporting Canada, it was a white supremacist group targeting journalists and threatening newsrooms. Or picture a political party pushing for stories to be erased or rewritten because it did not like how its views were represented. Most of us would recognize this as an attack on journalistic independence, an effort to bend the media to their will. It does not matter whether the group in question is a white supremacist organization, a political party, or a “media watchdog” – the result is the same: a betrayal of the public’s right to the truth and an erosion of journalistic principles. 

HRC’s tactics have real consequences. The group has claimed responsibility for the firings of two Palestinian journalists, one of whom was on maternity leave at the time. These are not isolated incidents. This is a concerted effort to suppress dissenting voices and maintain a narrow narrative in Canadian media."

#CDNpoli#CanadianMedia#PressFreedom
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Ms. Que Banh

When it comes to #reporting on #NorthAmerica’s #OverdoseCrisis — the worst in our history — #misleading articles can increase #stigma against people who use #drugs, skew the public’s understanding of the issue, inspire #BadFaith policy and make it more difficult for other #journalists to gain the trust and respect of #MarginalizedCommunities.

Which brings me to a splashy, new piece of drug #journalism from U.K.-based newspaper the Telegraph, falsely claiming that #decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs “made #Vancouver the #fentanyl capital of the world.”

The Telegraph’s story, like others before it, makes a number of other #misleading claims, including stating that #SafeSupply programs, which provide pharmaceutical alternatives to street drugs, are making the situation worse because that supply is being sold to street users, including young people. Some safe supply is being diverted, but there is no evidence that it’s led to more deaths or teens forming new addictions.

Reporting like this misses important context about the #DrugCrisis, allowing #politicians to drum up fear about #HarmReduction rather than confront how decades of #prohibition have impacted the current #FentanylCrisis. After the 2010s crackdown on prescription pain pills, many people dependent on #opioids turned to heroin instead. Eventually, #DrugTraffickers began cutting heroin with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times stronger, that is also cheaper and simpler to make and smuggle.

thestar.com/opinion/contributo

Toronto StarFearmongering about ‘drug dens’ is making Canada’s crisis worseBy Manisha Krishnan is an Emmy award-winning journalist who covers drug policy.
#CDNpoli#BCpoli#BreakTheStigma
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Chu 朱

I made the mistake of clicking on one so getting fed these types of stories non stop... This is #ClimateCrisis denialism

This is #MediaManipulation

Notice the victims are always perfect? They find perfect victims who have done nothing wrong, preferably a senior, a woman, someone with a disability. They garner sympathy and normalize car culture and fossil fuel burning. These types of stories are highly effective at making you think "oh, these poor people NEED" whatever privileges are being taken away.

This is part of the fight against #ClimateAction. There's nothing to criticize because these people have done nothing wrong per se. It's the injustice of a system against them. It's the injustice of the woke mob taking away a little old lady's ability to park her car.

This is how media manipulates us into #ClimateChange inaction. No matter what happens, there's a little old lady who did nothing wrong who will get hurt. They normalize all car behaviours and fossil fuel burning behavior.

This is part of the manipulation and it's highly effective. Recognize this and call it out.

the-sun.com/motors/8998259/cou

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E Rosalie

We must not grow complacent and ignore the predictable anti-vaccine moves following any death. While the debunking seems repetitive, repetition makes vaccine-hesitant parents more likely to become opposed.

Claims don't have to be rooted in facts to influence. The best thing we can do is challenge false claims swiftly while showing dishonest influencers' tactics.

Please don't stay silent. We face a movement that is funded by profiteers and private interests concerned with one thing: money. We can show that.

Don't allow people to claim that honest public health workers are questionable because they have jobs. That's not a coherent argument, and further, it is anti-vaccine groups that are unethically profiting. It's time to shine a light on that.

Case in point: the "died suddenly" mockumentary had nearly a dozen promotional links beneath it during its "premiere." How many ethical researchers do you know that do that?

Do not stay silent when people claim money is why we speak the truth. Tie the messengers to the money flowing from a handful of people, and learn from what is happening in Ukraine.

We see Russia accusing Ukraine of what Russia is doing. So, too, do anti-vaccine profiteers accuse public health workers of what they do: profiting from parental concern.

#antivax#vaccines#publichealth
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