[quote=zk][quote=CA renter]I’ve yet to see them promote a story that had no basis in reality[/quote]
Is that your bar? A “basis in reality?”
Good god, it’s no wonder you can’t recognize propaganda.[/quote]
I’ve been familiar with some stories that were discussed in mainstream media, and there is no question that our traditional outlets are very biased and are definitely involved in spreading propaganda and intentionally distorting the truth. They also redirect the public’s attention from certain stories and to others in order to push certain narratives.
There are no unbiased news sources. You have to be familiar with all perspectives and biases in order to glean the truth. But you need to have sources that value truth and integrity. Zero Hedge has reported on very important stories that were intentionally not covered by the MSM, this includes the housing/credit bubble issue that we were focusing on here on Piggington. Zero Hedge got it right, the MSM got it wrong.
They were also one of the few media sources who nailed what happened to both the Tea Party and OWS protests (which were both started for the same reasons), and how the establishment infiltrated and/or co-opted these movements in order to neutralize them.
None of this was in the MSM. They did the bidding of their masters and pushed the story that these were opposing “right” and “left” movements, when nothing could be further from the truth.
This is why I prefer alternate sources of information — to compare it to what’s being spread in the MSM so that the truth can be better discerned.
