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In reply to the discussion: Party Loyalty [View all]Gregorian
(23,867 posts)The emphasis has to be on steering America in the direction of it's ideals. We know this requires far more effort than stenography, or even worse, propaganda.
I often wonder where the big money on the left is. I fear that even with the billions that it would take in order to match the impressive flash of FOX disinformation, there isn't room in the bandwidth. That can't be true, as we have Amy Goodman and Democracy Now, but they appear to be so insignificant in their presence as to be inconsequential. Of course that's not true, but it isn't as though one can open a beer after work, flip on the tv, and see Naom Chomsky discussing labor issues at 5pm.
So I ask myself why one guy with a golden microphone can have done so much damage to our country. This is what we're up against: a play on the psychology of the human being that tends to believe those who are critical of the truth versus the actual truth. In other words, we have an uphill battle to begin with. And I believe that is why this is a bigger problem than most people even realize. Rush Limbaugh can, through his shrewd method, tear the truth down, without our ability to restore it.
On the other hand, it didn't take much money to get Bush's Texas National Air Guard records. But when the monster media discredited it, we were left without much of a voice in which to fight back.
I swear if I make enough money, Greg Palast will see some of it. And I'm very close to having that happen. But we've got an empire to build, and it's very late.