"Where is the media?"
It is a good question.
I went to CNN.com to begin looking for answers to that question.
An armed militia shutdown an Interstate, and forced the Feds to back out of a crime in progress being committed by them... and NOTHING on the front page. Apparently... that's not news ?
This, on the "Nation" page:
Supporters of Nevada rancher in federal fight briefly cause I-15 shutdown
edition.cnn.com
Taking the question seriously... "Where is the media ?"
A couple ways to answer it... first in terms of "whose side are they on" and in terms of "why" they choose to cover or not cover a story. Then, also, in terms of what they did focus on in their coverage, and what they did say, and what is revealed by their choices in what they did consider, and did say.
So, the first issue... the first amendment being suppressed by government intimidation and actual violence... isn't even considered... rather than dismissed and/or "papered over"... showing that CNN is operating as a propaganda outlet and not a news channel. No mention at all of any first amendment issues in their coverage. They dismiss the FACT that violence occurred as... "a YouTube video captured a tussle teetering on violence between rangers and protesters". That's patently dishonest. It IS misinformation.
We could dissect that more... and should, in great detail... for what that reveals in terms of the meaning of free speech when the media work and exist "of, by and for the corporations"... operating to suppress messages that aren't convenient for the self appointed globalist over-lords. But, you don't need to work too hard to get to the conclusion that results... which is that without a willingness and an ability to engage in physical violence to defend your rights... the government will not respect them, and the media will not only not care, they will work as required to facilitate your oppression.
While noting the "win" that did result from the militia winning the confrontation, forcing the government into backing down and preventing the need for any ADDITIONAL violence taking place... even if they only blinked AFTER it was proven they were CLEARLY in the wrong, and engaged in THEFT and TERRORISM intended to deny a citizen First Amendment rights... ? They also only blinked AFTER the militia showed up... and shut down the Interstate... making it impossible for them to think they would be able to suppress the story if it continued on trend ? In either case... the resulting awareness is... you can't win if you don't resist their effort to strip your First Amendment rights... and you can't win the use of your First Amendment rights if you don't use your Second Amendment rights to enforce your First Amendment rights.
That "win" is not exactly a cause for celebration in terms of what it reveals about the REQUIREMENT for citizens to be willing to engage in violence... even in order to FORCE the issues into the public awareness... to prevent the information suppression apparatus from succeeding in preventing even AWARENESS, much less exposing facts and proving the emergent truth, which they are working to keep out of the news, and outside public awareness, to prevent recognition of truth...
When the government and the corporate media are cooperating in SUBVERSION of our rights ? The first amendment ASSUMES that there will be an independent media ? So, why ISN'T the media acting independently from that degree of "control" that operates to enable government suppression of awareness and suppression of truth ?
Is the media independent ? Or, is CNN a government propaganda outlet... posturing as a free press ?
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