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struggle4progress

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60. A primary task of the corporate media is to encourage you to watch and believe the ads

Sat Jun 20, 2026, 11:44 PM

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Informing you --- that the ruling class might use the machinery for mass production of consciousness, to spread sweet little lies --- well, that just isn't very high on the agenda

You'll get some glimpses of the truth, when the internal splits in the ruling coalitions lead to genuine power struggles, and the mechanisms of self-censorship temporarily fail

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I am really sick and tired of the MSM [View all] PCIntern 18 hrs ago OP

The MSM kissing Trump's fat ass is all about access and fear agingdem 18 hrs ago #1

K&R spanone 18 hrs ago #2

And when you are right, you are right... displacedvermoter 18 hrs ago #3

The cockroach would probably understand what you are talking about. mwmisses4289 17 hrs ago #4

Agreed SuzyandPuffpuff 17 hrs ago #5

Not MSM but CCM SocialDemocrat61 17 hrs ago #6

"In today's news, he said this: _____. Also, he said this: _____ and that ____" Ponietz 17 hrs ago #7

The MSM is beholden to the OOO. Our Obscured Oligopoly. Festivito 17 hrs ago #8

I agree with every word in your post, PCIntern. Diamond_Dog 17 hrs ago #9

Corporate McPravda ensures them with the Gold Rule Kid Berwyn 17 hrs ago #10

Boo! Do not like! LymphocyteLover 9 hrs ago #53

thank ja for the interwebs. mopinko 17 hrs ago #11

The MSM understands if they report the truth, they will lose their access dlk 17 hrs ago #12

If the president were a doughnut, they'd have to cover it as well. harumph 17 hrs ago #13

They're doing a version of "more of the same" but it's complete BS. paleotn 17 hrs ago #18

I'm wondering how many people in this forum are asking ... aggiesal 14 hrs ago #33

Less than you might think. I think DU trends on the older side. harumph 10 hrs ago #48

What? No Electric Company? n/t aggiesal 9 hrs ago #52

Those were my jams! OG Spiderman! nt. druidity33 4 hrs ago #59

100%!!! I was mad at the MSM in the run-up to the Iraq war and boycotted them for a long time, but that was LymphocyteLover 17 hrs ago #14

The MSM (like Judith Miller of the NYT) was a stenographer for the lies Martin Eden 17 hrs ago #16

Trust Timewas 17 hrs ago #15

Even NPR. Drives me batshit. paleotn 17 hrs ago #17

This has been going on for a long time PCIntern 16 hrs ago #19

Well, the local NYC Public Radio host 10A - Noon does not (? the phrase) pull punches. So there's that. electric_blue68 1 hr ago #61

Dementia bmichaelh 16 hrs ago #20

Took the words right out of my mouth. nt Susan Calvin 16 hrs ago #21

My thoughts exactly mountain grammy 16 hrs ago #22

I really think that mainstream media should pay a heavy price oldmanlynn 16 hrs ago #23

I don't watch it. Everyone from NPR to the NYT LuvLoogie 15 hrs ago #24

The news announcers are just reading the White House press releases FakeNoose 15 hrs ago #25

It's just ludicrous, isn't it? hamsterjill 15 hrs ago #26

This is not what was invisioned by the framers of the constitution. Prairie_Seagull 15 hrs ago #27

Right on The Blue Flower 15 hrs ago #28

Add Ali Velshi to the mix. BarbD 6 hrs ago #57

Mindless litany BeneteauBum 15 hrs ago #29

I got sick of them years ago. The Bush Iraq war did it for me. CaptainTruth 15 hrs ago #30

That is absolutely the case with the Iraq War... PCIntern 14 hrs ago #35

Agreed! debsy 15 hrs ago #31

Yes. Kablooie 15 hrs ago #32

MSM is owned by billionaires duckworth969 14 hrs ago #34

"" AllaN01Bear 12 hrs ago #36

Right, PCIntern 12 hrs ago #38

All white men demanding supremacy are treated this way BaronChocula 12 hrs ago #37

Pedo is an American stupid gangster who never paid for his stupidity. Justice matters. 11 hrs ago #39

being a rich straight white male repuke has certainly helped Skittles 11 hrs ago #42

Yet the yammering traitors constantly questioned President Biden's acuity Mysterian 11 hrs ago #40

THANK YOU Skittles 11 hrs ago #41

Including PBS tymfinity46 11 hrs ago #43

Great simile Just Jerome 11 hrs ago #44

Thank u PCIntern 10 hrs ago #47

Yup. Fuck 'em! Joinfortmill 10 hrs ago #45

Yeah. That's an ignorant buffoon they are talking about. Simply saying so would GoodRaisin 10 hrs ago #46

Well spoken Evolve Dammit 9 hrs ago #49

Hey, that's what I was going to post. Kudos, PC. Vinca 9 hrs ago #50

The sane washing is intense bob4460 9 hrs ago #51

Hear, hear! Mr. Mustard 2023 7 hrs ago #54

They've propped that fat fuck pedophile up long enough Blue Owl 7 hrs ago #55

I can imagine how sick to Cha 6 hrs ago #56

OK, a bit off-subject, GAJMac 4 hrs ago #58

A primary task of the corporate media is to encourage you to watch and believe the ads struggle4progress 2 hrs ago #60

Where is Edward R Murrow? bmichaelh 34 min ago #62