Most people know
It’s an extraordinary poll and a nation unravelling.
Two thirds of American’s don’t trust the media. Half even think they are actively lying, and don’t care about their audience. Nine out of ten people think the media is politically biased. As the trust evaporates, people are switching off the national news. A vast majority of people on one side of the political spectrum now view the media unfavorably, and while that number had jumped in Republican and Independent voters in the last three years — it is even rising in Democrat voters too.
The Knight/Gallup — Trust in Media and Democracy poll reveals, bizarrely, that more than half of the nation thinks the people who really “run” the country are not known to voters. I don’t think I’ve even seen pollsters ask that question before. Effectively then, it follows that nearly six out of ten people think that Joe Biden is not the one running the country, and the same goes for Congress. Barely one person in five thinks voters are choosing the decision-makers.
It’s not just trust in the media that’s collapsing, but trust in the government, and even faith in the workings of democracy is gone. This is a nation in turmoil. But the good news is that most people don’t believe the media, or the government.
Never forget: Skeptics are in the majority.
The media are lying to us
Only about one third of American’s still think they can rely on the media to inform them. But half the population not only think the media is unreliable, but is deliberately lying to them. They think the media intends to mislead, misinform or persuade them. Showing that this malicious interpretation is not an accident, half the US also thinks the media don’t care about their audience.
Trust is evaporating
Look at the change since the start of the pandemic and the debacle of the 2020 election. Trust in the media has fallen across voters of every political type. More people than ever view the media unfavourably. The rising red line measures the fall in trust of the US media. Nearly 80% of Republican voters view the media unfavorably, and in the last five years, despite the bias towards the Democrats, even ten percent of Democrats have “lost the faith” too.
In the biggest shift, one-in-five independent voters has realized the media is a bad thing.
This is a long term trend — back in 1984, only 42% thought that the media was not doing a good job of separating fact from opinion.
More then half of the US thinks the people who really “run” the country are not known to voters
Faith in the workings of democracy is gone. Nearly six out of ten can see that Joe Biden is not the one running the country. Barely one person in five thinks he does. This result applies to Congress too — whoever is running the country is behind the scenes.
The good news is that eight out of ten people either don’t trust government accounts or are not sure, and most people value the opinion of “ordinary people” more than experts or politicians.
There was a split: 71% of those who didn’t trust the media also believe that the people who really “run” the country are unknown to the voters; but even 46% of those who trusted the media also felt this way. Even half the people who believe the propaganda on TV are still skeptical that Joe Biden runs America.
Americans are switching off the national news
In the last two years, and astonishing 22% of people have stopped paying “a great deal of attention” to the national news.
It’s becoming obvious to everyone that the media is a political player
As many as 89% of all voters in 2022 think there is a fair amount, or “a lot” of political bias in the media.
Which way does the media bias run? Ask the voters
79% of Republicans think the media is biased “a great deal” — the highest category they could choose. There are virtually no Republicans left who think the news is not biased. That says everything anyone needs to know about the direction of bias.
They can’t fool most of the people.
REFERENCES
Download the “Trust in Media and Democracy” PDF
Knight/Gallup Foundation Poll — Trust in Media and Democracy 2022 — The survey of 5,593 people was done in June and July of last year. The organisation notes that they changed the survey and sampling methods which may have affected the results. What was a paper survey went largely online. Sigh.
See also Part 1 of the American Views 2022 and past reports in 2018: American views: Trust, media and democracy
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
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The USA is going down. Every day there’s another attack on the fabric of society. Courts are stacked with leftists, DAs are often leftists funded by Soros, school boards have been taken over by the loony left and universities are even worse.
Gender shenanigans are rife, the basic unit of society, the family, has been under attack for decades. Abortion is recommended for the white middle class while a new electorate streams in through the open border. The Covid panic was cover for electoral fraud and continued long after the main target in 2020. The January 6th affair has been a cooked up fraud as well, and tells us that congress is in bad shape.
In the absence of stern corrective action (aka a significant purge) the foundations will crumble. The military has been white-anted, and the solid gun toting religious right are considered dangerous. It’s hard to see how things can be fixed up when so many aspects have been ruined by so many people. Now even Roald Dahl books are being rewritten to eclude words like fat and ugly. The modern left is certainly ugly.
[wee edit. – LVA]
[Further complaints about the speed of a free service here removed below. Please people, don’t waste the #1 thread for moderation complaints. They will be not be published at #1. – Jo]
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Are Americans okay with a ‘rich foreigner’ entering THEIR country and paying for the disruptive policies of the extremist fringe of the Left?
Because to me, that sounds like an effort to override democracy, not support it.
Some weeks ago, Fox News put up a graphic showing the major donors to the Democrat Party (during the last election cycle IIRC).
(These numbers are from memory).
Ѕorοs was the ‘top donor’: around $140 million.
The next four were in the 20-50 million range — they included Sam Bankman-Fried and Michael Bloomberg.
When you spend $140 million on something, you expect to own it, don’t you? So Mr. S owns the Dem Party … therefore, THEIR policies must be HIS policies.
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But I love it when JoNova gives us an even more concise, complete, and POWERFUL summation real newsworthy story than even US-rightsphere coverage does.
Boffo, Jo! Dee-lightful.
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[SNIP complaints at #1.]
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MSM on the nose, except in China.
‘Faith in media has risen to 71 percent in China — the highest score of the 28 places around the world surveyed in market research firm Edelman’s annual study, and a six-point increase from a year ago.
‘The 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer Global Report polled over 33,000 respondents around the globe in late 2017, and found that China saw the most substantial gains of trust in its institutions — NGOs, business, government, and media — with a total increase of 27 points across the four categories. The U.S. suffered the greatest loss of trust, with a drop of 37 percentage points.’ (Sixth Tone)
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China saw the most substantial gains of trust … The U.S. suffered the greatest loss of trust …
That shows the strength of America and the weakness of China. The designers of the American constitution did a brilliant job, making government a servant of the people. It has taken a long time, but the constitution is finally being undermined. If the American people cannot restore it, they are the ones who go under.
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I guess in the past media set a standard of presenting both sides of a story.
Since Journalism has devolved to stenographic summarisation of press releases.
Two questions for the readers!
1. Has anyone witnessed a live event, with cameras rolling-and hurried home to see if the cameras captured them at the scene of the incident? Was the true situation represented or was a producers bias demonstrated?
2. Remember the good old days of the first 20 years of TV where the talking heads sat on a darkened set smoking a cigarette whilst dishing out astounding painful home truths?
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To question 1: I think the truckers covid policy protest in Canada was the best demonstration of this bias. On the internet live coverage showed a group of happy partiers and on the main stream media you got talking heads describing chaos,confrontation and illegal activities. A real journalist, Donna Laframbois, has a web site “Thank You Truckers” (https://thankyoutruckers.substack.com/ ) that explores this strange phenomenon. It is well worth watching.
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I witnessed many misleading/false reports and lies during my career.
The media cannot be trusted.
They want sensationalism and controversy.
They…”Never let the facts get in the way of a story”.
Most are left leaning and their biases are obvious to the viewer.
Those who believe otherwise live in fairyland.
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The media are infected with a desire for personalities – certainly in the UK. They can’t actually report on events without assigning people to it. The coverage from Ukraine a year ago was wall to wall people but zero information on what was happening. The BBC even filmed people crossing the remains of destroyed river bridge without a single word about the significance of the destroyed bridge to the Russians attacking Kiev. And it has not improved at all in a year although some of that may now be a reluctance to report who is winning.
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I have.
I was present (5 times) at the Canadian Trucker protest a year ago. Wall to wall people ALL happy (even many Quebec flags which was really cool) all celebrating freedom and each others company.
In fact by the 2nd week it had organized itself into a huge street party. Every intersection had a DJ playing music and many people (teens) were dancing. Kids on the bouncy castles, hot tubs etc. People were very polite and festive.
The Canadian media, to this day, portray the protest in a very, very negative way.
I have lost friendships because they believed the media over my eyewitness accounts.
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The Media never presented both sides fully in modern times. Before the internet and before Rush Limbaugh the other side of the story didn’t have a platform. They are trying to return to those “good old days.”
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It would be interesting to have a similar study done for the Australian MSM. I suspect that the results would be similar
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An alarmingly high percentage still trust the ABC here. I did once.
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What do we make of this?
‘The ABC and SBS remain significantly better trusted than the commercial media, and the ABC remains the most trusted news source in Australia. Trust in the ABC has increased dramatically since the question was first asked in 2013 (from 41% to 58% in 2019).’ (The Australia Institute)
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el gordo, I suspect that 58% would be lower now as it’s pre-CoVid. And will continue to drop as the full effects of the vaccine come to light.
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If you ask people in Canberra, you’ll get a huge percentage of the populace trusting ABC I’d say.
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The source, The Australia Institute, is Left wing and not to be trusted. I do not believe the figures.
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It’s the BBC but similar::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9tzoGFszog
🙂
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There is a few Facebook pages dedicated to defund the ABC and their actual audience share in truth is probably limited to the green voters and those that have stuck with them since they began and get limited reception in the sticks . Sort of like a captive audience.
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That’s why the MSM will do all things necessary to prevent the publication of a similar poll in Australia. Such polling would also be vigorously discouraged by Governments of either major parties!
Having the “Voice” would make it even easier to prevent as supporters of that voice would prevent opposition to the agenda. Be very careful folks, that Voice will be used against the majority to ensure minority rule!
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If “The Voice” gets up, guess whose voices won’t be represented by it. That’s right, the Aboriginal people’s voices won’t be heard, only the self-promoting politicians who take over “The Voice” will be heard. But we will all pay for it for ever, and getting rid of it will be nigh impossible.
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Asked if different groups were a “a dividing force in society” or a “unifying force”, only the category of business came close to have a similar level of response to both questions.
Rich and powerful: Dividing force? 72 per cent. Unifying force? 12 per cent
Hostile foreign governments: Dividing force? 69 per cent. Unifying force? 15 per cent
Journalists: Dividing force? 51 per cent. Unifying force? 24 per cent
Business leaders: Dividing force? 36 per cent. Unifying force? 31 per cent
Systemic inequality, pessimism about the economy and generally heightened fears are expanding the divide, according to the research.
Only 30 per cent of Australians believe they will be better off financially in five years, down 13 points from 2021, a marked slump in economic optimism as inflation rages globally and interest rates surge.
Doubly ironic:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-08/trust-slump-as-division-rules/101939406
Also:
The 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer reveals sharp declines in trust across all Australian institutions, eroding the record-high levels of public trust recorded in 2021. Only 52% of Australians say they trust government to do the right thing (-9 points year-on-year) and 58% trusting each business (-5 points) and NGOs (-4 points). Media, which saw a notable surge in trust in 2021, fell by 8 points to 43%, making it the only institution in Australia distrusted by a majority of the population.
https://www.edelman.com.au/trust-barometer-2022-australia
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I stopped buying newspapers around thirty years ago. Apparently they are far worse today than they were in the past. Regurgitated rubbish from a totally compromised and corrupt US media system.
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The Australian is probably the most believable and yet it only covers approved topics. Trump lost his election and the red wave did not happen because people did not support Republicans. No mention of the obvious cheating, extended counting and bogus voters. We can count a States worth of votes (compulsory) by hand in one night. Arizona took nearly a month with machines. Nothing to see here folks. I have not seen any article on the Nord Stream 2 sabotage except to regurgitate the “Russia did it” lie. Sky has been better than any but still steers clear of certain topics. They are certainly the only outlet criticising the “Voice” whereas every other outlet is championing the cause. No wonder Albanese could say he was not going to fund either the yes or no campaign since the yes has all the free advertising it can handle. If the Voice, and I hope it does, fail it will be a great shock to the MSM that maybe no one was listening to them any more.
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Until I see better information on the matter, I hold to my assertion that one man equipped with a few moderately sophisticated explosive devices, a fishing trawler and a GPS device could have done that sabotage.
“Anybody” could have done it. Getting hold of the explosives without being noticed might be the hardest part
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Unfortunately for Hersh, the Alta had not moved under its own power for years and was being stripped for scraping at the time. No other ship of the class was anywhere near the area at the time either.
https://oalexanderdk.substack.com/p/debunking-seymour-hershs-alta-class
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Hanrahan. Here’s a linky to a site which tracks ships…https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/gallery?category=70&imo=4907517….
As you can see, the Alta was first spotted at the scrap-yard on 23-7-2022, while the planting of the explosives on NS2 was supposed to be mid-late June 2022, a month earlier.
It’s really some co-incidence that when asked NOW, the Norwegians reckon the Alta was doing SFA for years, but had to be destroyed just after it did not plant the explosives.
Reeks of cover-up, looks like cover-up, feels like cover-up. Nah…MUST BE LEGIT!
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Hersh may have been duped by a controlled but authorised leak of details about the operation to “bring the pipelines to an end”.
For instance, his insistence that the diving crew were American and the P8-A aircraft involved was Norwegian seems a juxtaposition of the expected roles of US and Norwegian participants in such an operation.
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Your fishing trawler crew needed to place a string of charges on each of four pipelines at depths of around 55 metre.
Each charge had to be sufficient to create a full bore rupture in pipe with 150mm steel and concrete casing and be supported by the damage from adjacent synchronised charges to ensure the rupture could not be repaired without replacement of a large segment of pipe and that more extensive damage from seawater entry was maximised.
Your assertion seems too slippery to hold for even the best MSM propagandist.
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Disengaging from politics only ends up giving more power to politicians and those who are paying attention and are speaking up.
Of course, it is hard to stay motivated and to cut through the noise when the media is generally biased in favour of one side of politics, and that side of politics also happens to be in government.
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They lie a LOT and even when they didn’t is still false anyway as the “reporting” is based on a set of ideology that are generally authoritarian/Socialist in view which is the opposite of what the American Republic is supposed to be and how the Founding Fathers thought which is why The Federalist Papers should be REQUIRED reading by every student in history and government classes.
Most of the MSM are owned by wealthy companies who wants to manipulate us for their own use which is why no one should take their babblings seriously better to use alternative media reporting as I do most of the time in my forum and yes they tend to think like PATRIOTS which is why they are more readable and interesting.
I am a Free-Thinking Independent which allows me the freedom to look at anything anyone writes critically even if I agreed with a writer in the past, I go with what is written not who wrote it although some writers are terrible liars which causes me to stop reading their poison as I prefer to make my reading time better used.
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To conceal facts is much liked in media to whatever subject.
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I don’t doubt that Australians are thinking the same. I used to follow National news via main stream media via print & TV, but since ease of access to world wide web & social media the reader has had more personal choice of subject matter. However with this broad scope of choice comes some thinking inorder to decipher fact from fiction. I know that thanks to my life experiences (66 yrs) i can discern between fact, bs & political bias. I’ve lived through an era of Freedom of Information & expression. However, i’m not so sure that the younger gen’s can, thanks to the bias introduced into our educational institutions curriculums over the last 10yrs or so. So welcome now to the modern media influence or ‘agenda’ on cancel culture & mis-information infiltrating social media, this unlimited bastion of access to ?information, perhaps being lost to traditional avenues of mass media. However, this ease of access to unlimited information does have a price tag attached, maybe the majority of those that use these new media platforms are aware of this new paradigm? Perhaps they too have had extended life experience during eras of less bias mass media. & can sideline the bs etc
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A few related facts:
1) In 1967 the German Communist Rudi Dutschke launched his campaign of “der lange Marsch durch die Institutionen” (the long march through the institutions) to infiltrate communists into every institution in the Western World, e.g. education, law, politics, public service, UN, everywhere, even religion. This used to be known as a fifth column. That objective has now been achieved. President Trump recognised what he called the “swamp” tried to undo it, and look how that ended for him.
2) Part of the above was the deliberate “dumbing down” of the education system, starting at the youngest ages, and failing to teach traditional subjects or at least failing to teach them at traditional levels of competency and the failing to teach critical thinking skills. This has greatly contributed to the decline and fall of the West.
3) Journalism used to be a fact-based profession and “learned on the job”. At some point it became something “taught” in “universities”. In Australia the socialist PM Whitlam, elected in 1972, brought about “media studies” and similar as degrees which trained/indoctrinated journalists. The journalism degree at what is now known as UTS, was particularly notorious for one utterly dominated by hard-core Marxists and was often in the news whereby it was reported that non-Narxist students were brought to tears by their treatment plus the first lecture of the course was reported to include the statement that “This course is heavily based on Marxism-Leninism and if you don’t like it you should leave”. This was devastating to thinking students who had worked hard to get into this course which was, believe it not, quite hard to get into. Journalism in Australia has been going rapidly downhill ever since. Of course, there are a VERY FEW traditional journalists, but an extreme minority. With those exceptions, I would regard modern “journalists”, Marxist political activists, who are little more than professional liars, as among the lowest of all people, as bad as politicians.
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Many years ago David Johnston (retired channel 7 newsreader) moderated a “Meet the federal candidate” pollie debate. I met David at the coffee urn, and told him I felt he was the best candidate. The even handedness and competency at examining issues by David was amazing. He explained that he looked at himself as a fully fledged Journalist”. The multiple talking heads that present opinions (The drum/ The project) would not last five minutes against the likes of David!
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Americans believe in Electric Vehicles – Perhaps Gullible?
The Lunacy of Electric Vehicles – How’s your day going? – in 17 Secs
https://twitter.com/NoDMsPerfavore/status/1626285317597667330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1626285317597667330%7Ctwgr%5E4aff3409de2a5bb28d26610dc0faea569d76cd2b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Fjimthompson%2F2023%2F02%2F17%2Fford-halts-production-of-its-f-150-e-truck-but-dont-worry-its-just-a-problem-with-the-battery-n704983
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Classic- no words needed.
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The little things some people notice – Explains so Much!
The Lunacy of Electric Vehicles – How’s your day going? – in 17 Secs
https://twitter.com/NoDMsPerfavore/status/1626285317597667330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1626285317597667330%7Ctwgr%5E4aff3409de2a5bb28d26610dc0faea569d76cd2b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Fjimthompson%2F2023%2F02%2F17%2Fford-halts-production-of-its-f-150-e-truck-but-dont-worry-its-just-a-problem-with-the-battery-n704983
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No range anxiety there – just a slow trip.
I have watched videos of road side service for BEVs. The service guys always roll up in ICE vehicles. You have to wonder how will BEVs get roadside service when there are no ICE vehicles!
Also getting very difficult to insure Teslas in Australia. They must be having bad losses with them.
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RickWill,
Also getting very difficult to insure Teslas in Australia. They must be having bad losses with them.
Other than Spontaneous Self Combustion and Running into People/Things
Do you have a Link for Also getting very difficult to insure Teslas in Australia
Thanks
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Joe himself has made it plain ‘he’s’ not in charge.
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Whoever is running America the is the worst President of all time!
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Who else could be doing it….but Obama ????
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Wayyyy too much credit. He was just better at remembering his lines and sticking to the script. (Same handlers of cause)
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Here is a promo (video link below) from National Nine News Australia from 1991 with the theme “Brian told me so”. The theme of the advert shows actual important events which by and large were impartially reported on. The late Brian Henderson and his team may have been the last (mostly) impartial and fact-based journalism we saw in Australia.
Henderson appears to have been a journalist trained in the traditional manner – on the job, not by a Marxist “journalism” degree.
https://youtu.be/nFp3-6jzlvI
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SNAP- see my David Johnston comment to your #11 Big Fella!
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Here is a one minute comment and video of Biden saying he’s not allowed to take control when dealing with the media.
https://youtu.be/PS6FLVlMyPs
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One of the most significant successes for the Left over recent decades has been the destruction of the Christian faith. I say that not because I am myself religious, but because I firmly believe religions (not all, but most) have provided the moral framework and social foundations that modern civilisation depends on in order to function.
The Left (including of course communists and socialists) recognised that the church represented an authority and guiding force in competition with their own, so targeted it for destruction. That objective has pretty much been achieved now, but that moral framework hasn’t been replaced with anything fit for purpose; instead we have a dangerous combination of ‘anything goes’ and puritanical political purges. This is not a sound basis for harmony of course and I fear things will only get worse.
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The Australian Federal Government, via the Australian Law Reform Commission, is on a mission to rob religious education institutions of the ability to employ staff who share the ethos of the institution – and then make the institutions the subject of state audits to “ensure” that this ability is gone.
Survey to Complete
The Australian Federal Government, via the Australian Law Reform Commission, is on a mission to rob religious education institutions of the ability to employ staff who share the ethos of the institution – and then make the institutions the subject of state audits to “ensure” that this ability is gone.
There is an online questionnaire
https://www.alrc.gov.au/inquiry/anti-discrimination-laws/submission/survey/
the results from which the ALRC will use as part of “informing” the feds of “the views of the public”.
As the target of the feds is pretty clear, various groups such as the ACL are organising in an attempt to get their views into the survey, in numbers that are noticed.
Apparently the ALRC has said that the survey has had over 9,000 responses so far (a record for an ALRC survey) of course no one but the ALRC knows who has made so many of these responses.
I have filled in the Survey with a Number of Comments
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Most usiniversities teaching climate religion would fail the test. The vast majority of academics are true believers that CO2 is evil.
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I have just completed the survey. I would recommend anyone concerned about this upcoming legislation to have their say now, before it closes.
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Dianeh,
it was interesting the way the Survey Questions were phrased, hence my lengthy comments in reply
Like wrt Single Sex Male Schools, Colleges, Clubs Why
Sydney University’s all-male St Paul’s College warns it will struggle to fill rooms unless it enrols women amid a backlash from students and alumni against a proposal for the historic college to become co-ed.
St Paul’s council wrote to parents and alumni last month asking for their views. Among the 400 responses was a submission signed by 200 students from St Paul’s and 80 from the nearby Women’s College opposing.
They argued it was unnecessary, as the boys already had plenty of interaction with women in their classes and social life. While the world was co-educational, it was not co-residential, and living with hundreds of the opposite sex would not prepare them any better.
“No one at college worries about impressing others the whole time,” it says. “This unique, liberating virtue of the college gives everyone the freedom to be themselves, and should not be underestimated as a powerful uniting force within the college.”
However the Pile on continued till finally
From a ‘bone room’ to yoga: St Paul’s College journey on consent
When St Paul’s, the final male bastion among Sydney University’s residential colleges, opened its doors to women, the hope was for healthy interest from both genders. It got a stampede.
For many years, St Paul’s was an outlier among the colleges for refusing to accept girls at undergraduate level. It also had a reputation for boorish behaviour.
BUT in the Same Article
Women’s and Sancta Sophia Colleges will remain single-sex. Said Donnelly: “Ultimately, our strength lies in being a women’s college. Our point of difference would be lost.
“There’s still a great attraction for women in living together. Not because they are hiding from anything. There are certain benefits, such as access to leadership roles. Women have had the choice [of co-ed at Sydney University] for years, but we still have a great attraction.”
Similarly to questions should Religious Institutions be allowed to discriminate against someone who does not agree with the Views of that Institution
I queried why would someone who disagrees with the Views of the Religious Institution be applying for a Job with that Institution in the first place
The Statement above – The Australian Federal Government, via the Australian Law Reform Commission, is on a mission to rob religious education institutions of the ability to employ staff who share the ethos of the institution – and then make the institutions the subject of state audits to “ensure” that this ability is gone.
sums up the insidious nature of the survey
Thanks for Completing!
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‘FBI Under Pressure for Targeting Catholics in Leaked Documents’
Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/fbi-memo-catholics-radical-traditional-leaked-1780379
Funny, who’d a thunk the FBI would become the Left?
We may need a new map.
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The FBI has been presumably compromised ever since the Mafia allegedly obtained photos of J. Edgar Hoover as a cross-dresser. However, that historical claim appears to be getting rewritten now because such activities are now considered normal.
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I do not see the decline of faith as having been caused by the left. In my case, born into a Christian family, I always wanted to see the proof of an argument, and science always seemed a much more likely source of truth, both as a child, and later on as a technician. The religions of the world, I believe generally share a common goal of raising up the spirits of the faithful, giving their life a wider meaning, and sense of order. I wish I could embrace the faith, as I am sure it brings peace and solace to many believers.
There have always been people who seek power/wealth/domination over others, by whatever means available. Some will misuse the religious faith of others to achieve their nefarious ends. The enemy of peace continues to be those who want to change things merely for the sake of change
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” The enemy of peace continues to be those who want to change things merely for the sake of change”
The enemy of peace have always been, and will always be, those who seek to impose their particular vision of peace upon others, by means of force/subterfuge/perfidy/treason, for the sake of power.
The enemy of Peace is the seeking of Power.
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“When people stop believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing — they believe in anything.”
G.K. Chesterton
A.K.A. the religion of
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It’s reasonable to ask whether US President Joe Biden is running the country or the people “who grant him the permission to speak”, according to Sky News host Rita Panahi.
Sky News host Rita Panahi says it’s “quite sad” to watch a clip in which the President picks a journalist to ask a question before realising he’s “not allowed to do that”.
“He says, and I quote, ‘I took control. I shouldn’t do that. I’m not allowed to do that’.
“And then the handlers come in and call an end to proceedings.”
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Oops reply to David Maddison
February 19, 2023 at 7:55 am · – 15
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Ron DeSantis – Governor
Joseph A.Ladapo, MD, PhD – State Surgeon General
Mission:
To protect, prornote & improve the health
of all people in Flonda through integrated
state, county & cornrnunity efforts.
HEALTH – Vision: To be the Healthiest State in the Nation
February 15, 2023
Robert M. Calif7 MD, MACC
Commissioner
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
10903 New Hampshire Ave
Silver Springs, MD 20993
Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH
Director
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2877 Brandywine Rd, Room 2402
Atlanta, GA 30341
Drs. Calif and Walensky,
The COVID-19 pandemic brought many challenges that the health and medical field have
never encountered. Although the initial response was led by a sense of urgency and crisis
management, I believe it is critical that as public health professionals, responses are adapted
to the present to chart a future guided by data and common sense.
As Florida’s Surgeon General, it was in the public’s best interest to issue guidance for using
mRNA COVlD-19 vaccines in children and in young men based on the absence of a health
benefit in clinical trials. This guidance followed preliminary data analyses by the Florida
Department of Health. We continue to refine and expand these findings, including addressing
methodological issues inherent to evaluating vaccine safety and efficacy.
In addition to Florida’s analysis of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, academic researchers
throughout our country and around the globe have seen troubling safety signals of adverse
events surrounding this vaccine. Their concerns are corroborated by the substantial increase
in VAERS reports from Florida, including life-threatening conditions. We have never seen this
type of response following previous mass vaccination efforts pushed by the federal
government. Even the HI NI vaccine did not trigger this sort of response. In Florida alone, we
saw a 1,700% increase in reports after the release of the COVID-I9 vaccine, compared to an
increase of 400% in vaccine administration for the same period. The reporting of life-
threatening conditions increased 4,400%.
This increase in adverse events, compared to the percent increase in vaccine use, further
explains the significant uptick we are seeing in VAERS reports. These findings are unlikely to
be related to changes in reporting given their magnitude, and more likely reflect a pattern of
increased risk from mRNA COVlD-19 vaccines. We need unbiased research, as many in the academic community have performed, to better understand these vaccines’ short- and long-
term effects.
According to a recent study, mRNA COVID-1 9 vaccines were associated with an excess risk of
serious adverse events, including coagulation disorders, acute cardiac injuries, Bell’s palsy,
and encephalitis, to name a few. This risk was I in 550, much higher than other vaccines. To
claim these vaccines are “safe and effective” while minimizing and disregarding the adverse
events is unconscionable.
Communication between physicians and patients is a standard ethical practice that is
fundamental to public health. Health care professionals should have the ability to accurately
communicate the risks and benefits of a medical intervention to their patients without fear of
retaliation by the federal government.
The State of Florida remains dedicated to responding to COVID-I9 and other public health
concerns through data-driven decisions. We will continue to shed light on the safety and
efficacy of medications, including mRNA COVID-I9 vaccines, that could be an imminent threat
to those with preexisting conditions. We will also promote the importance of prevention by
supporting good nutrition, exercise, and other healthy habits. As a father, physician, and
Surgeon General for the State of Florida, I request that your agencies promote transparency in
health care professionals to accurately communicate the risks these vaccines pose. I request
that you work to protect the rights and liberties that we are endowed with, not restrict, and
diminish them.
I look forward to your responses and appreciate your support of our collective efforts to serve
the health and safety of Florida and our nation.
Sincerely,
Joseph A. Ladap0, MD, Ph D
State Surgeon Genera
https://www.floridahealth.gov/_documents/newsroom/press-releases/2023/02/20230215-updated-health-alert-letter.pdf
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Politicians too! There are too many separate but connected groups all vying to distort the facts that fail to declare their allegiances honestly! The consequence is that we don’t believe any of them. The worst IMO is the National Broadcaster “Our ABC” which is rife with biased reporting and Government propaganda! The Truth will always out! And when it contravenes their verbiage, as it so often does, we just switch off!
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North Korea Defector Compares ‘Woke’ Education in America to Regime She Escaped
“At Columbia University they were literally saying that all the problems that we have is because of capitalism, because of white men, and the solution for all these problems is a communist revolution in the name of equity.”
Author Yeonmi Park joined “Fox & Friends First” to discuss the parallels between far-left indoctrination within her Ivy League education at Columbia University and “brainwashing” in North Korea.
“The things that I was learning at Columbia University really shocked me because it was the exact same thing that my North Korean teachers were brainwashing me in the classroom,” Park told Todd Piro. “At Columbia University they were literally saying that all the problems that we have is because of capitalism, because of white men, and the solution for all these problems is a communist revolution in the name of equity.”
“They were saying that we need to destroy this country, and we need to rebuild the country in the name of equality of outcomes, and that same ideology drove my home country into what it is that state North Korea,” she continued.
Watch the video below:
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… the problems that we have is because of capitalism, because of white men, and the solution for all these problems is
a communist revolutioncommunism, because of white men, in the name of equity.”FIFY
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Jo’s headline says it all;
we do not know the people who are running our countries.
Question is why and how do we fix it . .
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Scroll through the headlines and you’ll see they only print positive news.
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn
Beijing also keeps tight control over social media, what the people don’t know couldn’t possibly hurt them.
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Corrupt New York Times Freaks Out Over Gas Stoves, Downplays Poisonous Chemical Spill In Ohio
According to the press, gas stoves are deeply hazardous, but a chemical spill equivalent to a World War I-era bioweapon is perfectly safe
There is perhaps no better example of how disingenuous and inconsistent our corporate press is than the comparison between The New York Times’ take on gas stoves vs. the fiery derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals along the Ohio-Pennsylvania line in East Palestine, Ohio, last week.
According to the press, gas stoves are deeply worrisome and hazardous, but a chemical spill equivalent to a World War I-era bioweapon is perfectly safe.
“Gas stoves have ignited a debate in Washington, as mounting evidence shows potential health risks including a link to childhood asthma,” reads The New York Times in an article from last month. The column was one of many the corporate press published at the behest of Democrats to fan the flames of hysteria surrounding gas stoves.
Richard Trumka Jr. of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission began pushing to ban gas stoves back in December, calling it “a real possibility” that could happen quickly with enough public pressure. Shortly after, there was an outpouring of studies on the “science” of why gas stoves are hazardous, and Democrat lawmakers began throwing out every talking point from “gas stoves cause brain damage” to “gas stoves are racist.”
The gas stove panic has nothing to do with science. It’s wrapped up in a massive tyrannical power grab cloaked in environmentalism, and those who want your gas stove won’t stop there; they want to ban all gas-powered appliances.
The media never considered there were any negatives to a gas stove ban, though. Instead, they gleefully defended Trumka’s proposal and worked to convince the public that their gas stoves are an environmental and health liability. Then, shortly after, the media reversed course, assuring people there would be no ban, and the whole thing was a “right-wing culture war” topic once the White House backed away from the proposal.
Naturally, when duty called for the media to downplay an actual health crisis — the chemical spill in Ohio — they obliged.
After the freight train spilled a slew of toxic chemicals, the EPA evacuated East Palestine and burned the spill, causing a mushroom cloud of hazardous chemicals to plume over the area.
Two days after the burn, the EPA told citizens it was safe for them to come home, breathe the air, and drink the water. But since residents have gone home, they have reported experiencing headaches and irritated eyes and finding countless fish, pets, and wildlife dead or dying.
It’s fair to say that the whole situation was handled disastrously and likely because the climate fanatics working at EPA don’t really care about the environment.
All their time and money goes to “climate change,” which translates to gas stove bans and thermostats regulated by the government. Indeed, climate change hysterics are useful for making money and centralizing state power. A chemical spill impacting the natural environment and health of people living in a little village in fly-over America is not.
“I’m asking they trust the government,” said EPA’s administrator, Michael Regan. “Trust the government” also happens to be the exact message from The New York Times. “After a train carrying toxic material derailed in Ohio this month,” reads a New York Times article published yesterday, “right wing commentators have been particularly critical of the response using the crisis to sow distrust about government agencies and suggests the damage could be yours irreparable.”
No. The distrust does not come from “right wing commentators” it comes from the people who live in East Palestine — the people reporting the effects of living in poison at the recommendation of the EPA.
The article, titled “‘Chernobyl 2.0’? Ohio Train Derailment Spurs Wild Speculation,” also claims that those who say the “vital water reservoirs serving states downriver could be badly contaminated” are doing so “without evidence.”
Again, the “evidence” that the water in and near East Palestine could affect the water in surrounding states are first-hand reports, one of which comes from Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance. Vance traveled to East Palestine, where he recorded a video near a creek showing dead fish and worms, and even chemicals coming out of the ground from the bottom of the creek bed.
In the video, Vance also challenged Regan to drink the water in East Palestine if it’s supposedly safe to drink. Unsurprisingly, Regan has not taken Vance up on the offer. The same offer should be made to the members of the corporate press, who are parroting the talking points of the EPA.
Just like Regan, I doubt anyone in the corporate media would dare drink the water in East Palestine. The media’s reporting on public health, as with everything else, is selective and meticulously adherent to whatever talking points are most advantageous to its ideological allies. The press’s demonization of stoves and ambivalence toward toxic chemical spills is further affirmation that the corporate media is deserving only of our distrust and contempt.
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East Palestine Sees Real Estate Surge From Californians Seeking Better Quality Of Life
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Ohio’s Governor after Biden denied his request for Disaster Assistance
Rand Paul
@RandPaul
I mean, it’s worth a shot
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Trump to Visit East Palestine, Ohio Next Week
But there’s a difference between rumored plans and actual plans. Now, Donald Trump has confirmed that it’s official in a new press release:
It reads:
Biden and FEMA said they would not be sending federal aid to East Palestine. As soon as I announced that I’m going, he announced a team will go.
Hopefully he will also be there. This is good news because we got them to “move.” The people of East Palestine need help. I’ll see you on Wednesday!
Let’s leave aside for now the speculation by the former president on the timing of the federal funds for East Palestine residents.
That said, anytime there’s a reaction like this from Meghan McCain, you can be assured you’re on the right track:
Meghan McCain
@MeghanMcCain
Trump visiting the “Chernobyl of the Midwest” environmental disaster in Palestine, Ohio before
@PeteButtigieg
& President Biden is just shameful on the part of this administration.
I continue to just be shocked and appalled the White House is ignoring this…
Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
JUST IN: President Trump will be visiting East Palestine, Ohio.
That’s more leadership than the actual president.
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The media routinely modifies video to bias stories……changing the lighting, editing out bits to mislead, changing the skin color even. And then there is the famous clip of a lefty tv channel reporter during the BLM/George Floyd riots standing in front of things burning saying the riot is “mostly peaceful”. Who ya going to believe? The news or your lying eyes?
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Essentially, this survey is highlighting that half of Americans are intelligent and can spot when they’re being fed BS and the other half are brain dead idiots that will believe anything. This also explains why like minded clever people congregate and comment at this site 🙂
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One of the American Brain Dead – excuse my analogies, I am just so mad at the Brain Dead Person in the Video inflicting Violence
dover0beach says:
February 18, 2023 at 6:31 pm
The conduct and the attitude in this video is grotesque.
The American Amish 13% strikes Very Hard with his Fist to the Side of the Face of an Old White Lady – They Really Haven’t Left The Jungle & He does look like the Ape that he is – What a Miserable Race of People are American Amish!
His Mate filming, who thinks its Funny, doesn’t actually speak American – just grunts & laughs like a Gorilla
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DO YOUR PART: REDUCE YOUR STANDARD OF LIVING!
A regulated utility exists to benefit its customers (ratepayers) and ultimately is responsible to state government. It has always been understood that the purpose of a utility is to meet the needs of its customers for electricity, natural gas or water. Its fiduciary duty is to do so as economically and reliably as possible.
But that has changed, as utilities, aided and abetted by state governments, are printing billions of dollars in profits through the wind and solar scam. Utilities understand that wind and solar are ridiculously expensive–that is the point, from their perspective–and that intermittent energy sources can never provide reliable energy. So the burden is now shifting. Instead of utilities being required to provide adequate energy, customers are called on to reduce their energy consumption. Which is to say, reduce their standard of living.
Two cases in point popped up on my family’s chat line today. Xcel Energy, which serves most of Minnesota, declared today an “Energy Action Day.”
This is because the utility could see that it might not be able to meet its customers’ needs for electricity–in other words, there could be blackouts.
One might think that an “Energy Action Day” means Xcel will take action to maximize output of electricity. But no: the utility’s failure is taken as a given, and the “Action” consists of customers reducing their standard of living.
This second instance is even worse. It comes from Center Point Energy, which supplies natural gas to the Twin Cities.
So the gas company compares neighbors’ bills, and tries to shame some into using less gas.
This particular neighbor responded quite eloquently. But the situation is weird: you might think that any company would applaud those who use the most of its product, not try to embarrass them. But we are not living in a sane world when it comes to energy.
What I want to know is, how long are the American people going to stand for this?
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“the people running the USA are “unknown” to voters”
Jo, please, spelling errors … in the headline!?
“the people RUINING the USA are “unknown” to voters”
There, fixed it.
Try to be more careful. 🙂
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>”….the people running the USA are “unknown” to voters”
This is illuminating:
Protecting Their Investment? Nets Run Cover for Leftist ESG Giants Tied to Ohio Train Disaster
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/business/joseph-vazquez/2023/02/16/protecting-their-investment-nets-run-cover-leftist-esg
And,
“The fact that ESG-obsessed companies are tied to the Norfolk Southern disaster blows their eco-virtue signaling on sustainable investment completely out of the water and makes the Big Three prematurely dropping the coverage look even more despicable.”
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>”….the people running the USA are “unknown” to voters”
Unknown, AWOL, or completely inept.
Pete Buttigieg … Regarding His Handling of Ohio Crisis
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/pete-buttigieg-gets-bad-news-congressman-regarding-handling-ohio-crisis/
Trump the opposite (see next comment).
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Suddenly, the announcement of a Trump visit produces an about face:
FEMA Takes Action Hours After News Breaks of Trump’s Planned Visit to Ohio Disaster Site
https://www.westernjournal.com/fema-takes-action-hours-news-breaks-trumps-planned-visit-ohio-disaster-site/
Thursday, before Trump announcement:
Friday, after Trump announcement:
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I look at Ch7 News purely because media is centred in one city in Australia and I don’t care what happens there. The local news is the only way to find out about parish pump issues easily. In so doing, the awful bias is amazingly evident. Covid, Trump, Ukraine, Aborigines, Climate etc ad nauseam. It’s important to see what the enemy is up to and how citizens are being brainwashed.
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I join with the Americans in refusing to believe anything much from MSM and /or print media. The absurd fabrications, hype and political lies during Covid finished the last tiny tread of credability they had. Now the extreme climate catastrophe and “Sudden Adult Death Syndrome” coverups totally finished me. Still a lot of people believe every word because they are too lazy to read, investigate and discover the truth for themselves.
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Have a look at Outsiders on Sky. Unfortunately, for those in the major cities in Australia this program is not on Free to Air. You can get it in regional areas thankfully. It’s actually Sky’s most popular program. Why? Because it provides an alternative view to the propaganda pumped out by the other MSM. It’s now the only program I watch on regular FTA. But even with this program you get a sense of restriction. They were very vocal on COVID treatments during 2020, but were then obviously silenced by the higher ups. They were very supportive of COVID vaccines , so adhered to the narrative during 2021/ 2022. But now would appear slightly sceptical of those products safety and efficacy. Hence, even with these presenters ( Panahi, Dean , Morrow) you need to read between the lines.
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‘Why?’
For commercial reasons, city folk have to pay to be informed.
Michael Miller is the Executive Chairman Australasia (News Corp Australia) and he fully supports the editorial direction of the Outsiders team.
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I thought Outsiders were for vaccination being a personal choice, which given the attitudes of the various govt during the vaccination push probably kept them on the air. They were not anti vax, more pro vax, but definitely pro choice.
Rowan argued that the left were hypocrites regarding abortion rights (my body my choice) and mandatory vax (my body, the govt’s choice).
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IMHO a majority of Oz meedja has a Greenleft bias.
I blogged – Count the ways lies of the left helped Albo’s Labor win the election 30June2022
http://www.warwickhughes.com/blog/?p=6947
Since posting that blog many more examples have come into public knowledge.
If you scroll to my last comment I have increased my list of specified examples to 17.
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The gullible, led and naive,
Don’t filter the news and believe,
Every M.S.M. view,
To be honest and true,
Who would never the public deceive.
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Media pushing the vaxx.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/AqyVAZuVqad4/
Utterly laughable and embarrassing given the current state of affairs.
How did people ever fall for this nonsense?
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Here’s an article from CNN on the subject.
Alarming new study finds half of Americans believe news organizations intend to mislead and misinform with their reporting
Some of the most popular media and political figures in the country actively pollute the information landscape. Many profit from propaganda that affirms the worldviews of their audiences and attacks the press in dishonest ways.
That’s because the sad reality is that one party — operating in an entirely different media ecosystem largely void of fact-based journalism — tells lies and promotes misinformation at a far higher rate than the other.
The irony is breathtaking. They are talking about themselves but don’t realize it. Or maybe just doubling down.
Google “nick sandman lawsuit” and you will see what I mean.
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I look forward to when “Big Mike” is outed as a tranny!
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I’ll say they tried:
Methodology
Results are based on a Gallup Panel™ web and mail study conducted between May 31 and July 21, 2022. The Gallup Panel is not an opt-in panel; it is a probability-based panel of U.S. adults whom Gallup randomly selects using address-based sampling methods or dual-frame random-digit-dial phone interviews. The survey was completed by 5,593 American adults aged 18 and older. The AAPOR5 response rate was 38%. Gallup weighted the obtained sample to correct for unequal selection probability and nonresponse.
It also says they are trying to find better methods.
Good luck. I, and many others, don’t answer the phone and/or return mail solicitations. Note the 38% response that they worked hard to get.
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I asked ChatGPT what it thinks.
Q: Is the mainstream media biased or believable?
A: As an AI language model, I strive to remain neutral and unbiased. However, it is worth noting that there are different perspectives on whether the mainstream media is biased or believable.
Some people believe that mainstream media outlets are biased and present a particular perspective that favors certain political or ideological beliefs. They argue that media organizations are often owned by large corporations or wealthy individuals who use their influence to shape the news coverage in a way that serves their interests.
On the other hand, many people believe that mainstream media outlets are generally reliable and provide accurate reporting of current events. They argue that journalists and news organizations have ethical standards and procedures in place to ensure that their reporting is fair, accurate, and balanced.
It’s important to note that no news organization or individual journalist is perfect, and mistakes can happen. However, many media outlets have processes in place to correct errors and ensure accuracy in their reporting.
Ultimately, it’s up to individuals to consume news from a variety of sources, critically evaluate the information presented, and make informed judgments about what they believe to be true.
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What a joke….
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Q: What are your pronouns?
A: As an AI language model, I don’t have a gender identity, and therefore I don’t have pronouns. You can refer to me as “it” or “ChatGPT.”
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Leftist Group Rocked by Revelation That Its ‘Queer, Muslim, Multiethnic’ Equity Chief Is Really A White Lady
Raquel Evita Saraswati knows how to play the game, right down to her name itself, with its pleasing multiethnic mélange and artful evocation of Leftist icon Evita Perón.
The American Friends Service Committee, a hard-Left organization peddling authoritarianism and dependence upon the all-powerful state under the guise of “social justice,” was likely thrilled when Saraswati applied to be its Chief Equity, Inclusion, and Culture Officer. But then matters took a dark turn, or more precisely, a light turn.
A member of the search committee that ended up hiring Saraswati at the Friends Committee, Oskar Pierre Castro, recounts that during the interview process, Saraswati had represented herself as a “queer, Muslim, multiethnic woman.” With this trifecta of wokeness and victimhood, Saraswati couldn’t miss, and of course, she got the job. “It really touched all the points,” Castro remarked of Saraswati’s background. But now it has come to light that contrary to her claims, she is infected with the Left’s original sin: Raquel Evita Saraswati was born Rachel Elizabeth Seidel, and is as white as the native population of Switzerland.
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[snip. Unfortunately long copyrighted comments can’t be approved easily. Moderators have to open the link, check the length and SNIP. We don’t have time to edit and find the best paragraphs, so the snip is just “bottom up”. – Jo]
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So ChatGPT doesn’t have a pronoun, but does have a pronoun. Must be a progressivist chatbot.
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A busy couple of weeks after subscribing to Zeihan – I was attracted to him after the Joe Rogan interview — the 10 years left for china AND russia got me all in… His take on Balloon1 was so funny.
This is the kind of open debate we need — The Future of Energy Peter Zeihan: “The Edge of Disorder and Degobalization”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_ICeHT4I6s
Anyway MAYBE this demographic change analysis is the reason for Biden opening the border – 5-10 million working age moving into the US just in time for the US to make up for the manufacturing shortfall coming when China and Russia fail in 10 years… it fits, but not one person is discussing WHY!
As I see it there is so much info out there .. and our media is all about gender, BS DISTRACTIONs and “we must fight Fox”. Tucker Carlson is pushing hard against child mutilation in US and even managed a dig at our scary gender ambassador.. We have 3 gender change factories in Australia – including one in Perth? The feed in source of our future media gender neutral performers perhaps??
In my spare time — the latest VACCINES REVEALED 2023 — Wow, wow wow! – the whole thing started years ago.. – now they are AI manufactured, synthetic with instruction sets to tell your body to do something, the precursor to remote control – all fully tested on multiple compliant populations – what saps we are!
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YouTube search title for:
The Duran
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NPR in the states, is the worst. National Pentagon Radio/National Pharma Radio. During the pandemic, they did pure advertising for testing companies and Big Pharma, 24/7, for more than 2 years.They should be defunded. I’m guessing, right now, they can’t wait to announce the formal start of WWIII. I tell people I listen to them just to keep track of all the lies we’re being told.
David Muir at ABC loves smashes and crashes. I think if I threw a hammer through a plate glass window, he would think it was national news and devote 5 minutes to it. Luckily, he does a summary of the program at the beginning, so that you can turn it off after just a couple of minutes, unless it looks like there might be something slightly informative. But then, sitting through all the commercials is excruciating.
Oddly, the NY Times did some great reporting through the first half of the pandemic. And then it was like some switch flipped (right after I actually subscribed), and the reporting became much more like NPR had been doing. Wholly uncritical and unquestioning. I unsubscribed after only about a month.
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The investigative reporters I read online are Pepe Escobar, Thierry Meyssan, Matt Taibbi, F. William Engdahl. Former British ambassador Craig Murray’s blog is often eyeopening and worthwhile. During the pandemic, I wanted to hear/read all of the doctors and epidemiologists who were being censored. Because the first question you have to ask is WHY??! Why were doctors being censored during a health crisis??? Russ Baker’s site, whowhatwhy.org, used to be good, but I stopped going there a few years ago. Thegrayzone.com is good. Gilbert Doctorow has been excellent on our lead up to WWIII. Even-handed and not a Russophobe. I also read Consortium News, Strategic Culture, and RT.com, these days. And a shout out to Jo. I usually start here in the morning. I especially love it when she serves up weather history and debunks “This is the WORST storm…” I like John Solomon’s reporting at justthenews.com. And zerohedge.com.
The trouble with the local public radio stations in the states is that you can’t support them without also supporting NPR. But, it’s the local stations where the halfway decent reporting originates.
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This is quite pertinent to the conversation—types of misinformation and disinformation:
https://theethicalskeptic.com/2023/02/13/information-always-carries-intent-whether-intended-or-not/
… You own a successful small business. I am your newly hired Controller. As new accountant for your business, I just obtained signature-access to its operating cash account yesterday. Today I transferred all $700,000 in operating cash funds into my own personal account in the Cayman Islands. There is now a $0 cash position in the business account, as of close of bank hours today.
I plan on secretly flying out of the country tonight. You, as business owner, are aware of my access to the business account, but not the transfer of funds. Not being web savvy yourself, that evening you inquire of me as to the business’ cash position.
My deceptive response options (all of which involve ‘intent’):
Misinformation – Lying with Falsehoods (deception by means of straw man or false information)
[SNIP. Due to copyright… – Jo]
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“Never forget: Skeptics are in the majority.”
That means the elections are rigged.
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A current fear campaign running on the Oz LSM is the “”Toxic Counter-tops” shock, horror caper.
I would hazard that some churnalists MAY understand the difference between “toxic” and “carcinogenic”, but I guarantee NONE of them will EVER let the facts get in the way of a good “beat-up”. Churnalists; the mangy tail wagging the rabid dog of politics.
I am NOT a doctor, nor have I ever played on on TV, but even I know the differences between “toxins” and “mechanical” irritants like fine dust.BOTH can and do kill people, but it would be a surprising relief were these self appointed and self-described “opinion-shapers” to, once in a while, present actual facts, without the gratuitous, stupid headlines and the gushing, faux concern, dodgy graphics and sombre musical underscoring.
It will probably not happen in my lifetime.
Furthermore, ANYONE who works cutting, grinding, polishing, etc, stone, ceramics, timber, glass, etc WITHOUT proper protection is a DILL, to say the least
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Pity we can’t say the same about Australia’s awareness. Or maybe we can, given a 30% government in a two party system.
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The word “bloody” triggered it? And you can’t fix that? Pathetic.
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I have donated in the past, but this is not likely to encourage any more donations.
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For any who have been following the show trials over January 6th 2020 in the USA Capitol an especially relevant piece in corrupt media.
14,000 hours of various camera footage from the night has now morphed to 41,000 hrs and has been released by the new Speaker of the House to Tucker Carlson’s Crew.
So 3 times as much footage exists than previously reported.
The classic iceberg,where 60% of the mass lies unseen below the waterline.
The same people who are gullible enough to buy Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming, and then call it Climate Change,also trust the media and still believe Public Health Officials are “Experts”..
Buyers of the biggest lie in every human language.
“I am from the government,I am here to help you”.
It is amazing how much of our “private Media” has public funding.
Meaning they are bureaucrats.
Here to protect the sacred narrative.
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