Motus Mentis

4 Comments

1. Bill says

   All I can do is shake my head and give a wry laugh. It’s like they are all scripted. Fake news is not nearly as dangerous as the happenings on real news.

   Posted January 13, 2020 at 7:01 pm | Permalink
2. CorkyAgain says

   It’s not *like* they are all scripted. They *are* all scripted. They’re reading a talking points memo issued by the DNC.

   But you probably knew that.

   Posted January 13, 2020 at 7:50 pm | Permalink
3. martywd says

   While I’d be the last to lend support to any MSM outlet, local or otherwise, I think the fact the youtube vid linked by our illustrious host, and that was posted to youtube on April Fools Day 2018 might lend one some pause?

   Anyway. Sharyl Attkisson, who hosts the weekly ‘Full Measure’ broadcast produced (if that’s the correct word?) by the Sinclair Broadcast Group adds some context to this issue at the following link for anyone who may be interested.

   BTW, Sharyl Attkisson, one of the few investigative reporters left on the planet is, for those that may not know, at this time suing the DOJ and FBI for ‘Government Computer Intrusions‘ into her and her family’s computers. An alleged act that is truly ‘extremely dangerous to our democracy’.

   fwiw, I dropped cable tv years ago (now Internet only) and have never regretted that decision.

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   Posted January 14, 2020 at 2:30 pm | Permalink
4. Malcolm says

   marty,

   Thank you for your comment. I do feel a tad chastened.

   That said, there is something genuinely disturbing about this “mash-up” — and that is seeing all of that mock heartfelt earnestness from all of those newsreaders, all in perfect lockstep, knowing that none of it originates inside any of them. It is one thing to read an editorial in a paper; you know that it is the voice of the editor. This feels quite a bit different.

   I’m not a naif, and of course Sharyl Attkisson (may God strengthen her arm) makes perfectly fair points in her remarks. But there is something flesh-crawly about that army of faux-emoting robots when you put them all side by side like that, don’t you think?

   Posted January 14, 2020 at 10:14 pm | Permalink