Re: A Better Way to Think About Conspiracy Theories

On Monday, March 8, 2021 at 5:35:40 PM UTC-5, ajohnstone wrote:
> >It's as if somebody at a central command post is 
> > sending out daily memos telling people what talking points to drive home 
> > and what words to do it with. It happens far too often to think it is just 
> > coincidence. It is clearly a coordinated effort between the media and the 
> > left wing politicians. I suspect it is the DNC which is pulling the 
> > strings but since I'm not on the mailing list, I can't be sure who is 
> > calling the shots.
> Hmmm???...articles discussing conspiracy theories are in fact a conspiracy 
> in themselves...a good one, that. 
> 
> Reminds me of all those claims that it was the CIA who thought up the term 
> "conspiracy theory" to discredit those who challenged the Warren 
> Commission. 
> 
> https://www.metabunk.org/threads/debunked-the-cia-invented-the-term-conspiracy-theory-in-1967-with-memo-1035-960.960/ 
> 
> Now you think the German scholar interview is perhaps following a DNC 
> directive because a left-leaning news outlet shared his research. And, of 
> course, Fox, OANN and Newsmax never ever share in right-wing taking 
> points. 
> 
> But historically when it comes to media manipulation of the news it has 
> been the left-wing who exposed it. Upton Sinclair's 'Brass Check', John 
> Keracher's 'The Head-Fixing Industry' to modern times with Chomsky and 
> MediaLens website.

As you said in your previous post, there really are conspiracy's in this 
world. Not all of them are imagined. When you hear the same buzzwords used 
across numerous outlets, both electronic and print, and it happens over 
and over again, it's hard to believe it is not a coordinated effort. Does 
it happen with right wing media? Perhaps, but since there are so few it 
wouldn't be as obvious as it is with the left wing media. We have Fox and 
we have Newsmax on the right wing TV side. I've rarely watched Newsmax so 
I really don't know what goes on there. I do know that there is a lot more 
diversity of opinion at Fox. Not everyone on that channel is pro-Trump. 
There establishment Republicans and there are a few genuineliberals. Juan 
Williams and Donna Brazile just to name a few. Geraldo Rivera is a 
Republican but not very conservative. More of a modern day Rockefeller 
Republican. I don't see the same buzzwords and talking points be driven 
home the way I see throughout the lineups of CNN and MSNBC.