ALAN MACLEOD—Maher rose from being an “edgy,” opinionated comedian to becoming one of the most influential and recognizable faces in our media. His political talk show, Real Time With Bill Maher, has been on HBO since 2003, spanning 17 seasons with over 500 episodes to date. Real Time continues to be one of the most popular shows on cable TV, drawing in more than 4 million viewers per episode, according to a new New York Times interview (9/30/19),
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Silicon Valley Algorithm Manipulation Is The Only Thing Keeping Mainstream Media Alive
23 minutes readCAITLIN JOHNSTONE—The emergence of the internet was met with hope and enthusiasm by people who understood that the plutocrat-controlled mainstream media were manipulating public opinion to manufacture consent for the status quo. The democratization of information-sharing was going to give rise to a public consciousness that is emancipated from the domination of plutocratic narrative control, thereby opening up the possibility of revolutionary change to our society’s corrupt systems.
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CAITLIN JOHNSTONE—From 2021 until nuclear armageddon Biden will be sitting off to the side mumbling to himself as his brain turns to chowder while holdovers from the Obama administration orchestrate cold war escalations against China in retaliation for its 2020 “election meddling”.
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By far the best analysis of this issue: ‘Cancel Culture’ Letter Is About Stifling Free Speech, Not Protecting It
46 minutes readJONATHAN COOK—Chomsky, importantly, is defending free speech for all, because he correctly understands that the powerful are only too keen to find justifications to silence those who challenge their power. Elites protect free speech only in so far as it serves their interests in dominating the public space. If those on the progressive left do not defend the speech rights of everyone, even their political opponents, then any restrictions will soon be turned against them. The establishment will always tolerate the hate speech of a Trump or a Bolsonaro over the justice speech of a Sanders or a Corbyn. By contrast, most of the rest of those who signed – the rightwingers and the centrists – are interested in free speech for themselves and those like them. They care about protecting free speech only in so far as it allows them to continue dominating the public space with their views – something they were only too used to until a few years ago, before social media started to level the playing field a little. The centre and the right have been fighting back ever since with claims that anyone who seriously challenges the neoliberal status quo at home and the neoconservative one abroad is promoting “fake news” or is a “Russian troll”. This updating of the charge of being “un-American” embodies cancel culture at its very worst.
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Hollywood dumbfuckery perpetuates dangerous hoaxes
11 minutes readPHILLIP KELL—You ask why Americans are so dumbstruck ? Because they think Hollywood actors are “nice rich folks” and know best, Russia-gate is a distraction! Look at your wars! And your goddamn warmongering pricks who walk in broad daylight without as much as being in chains and bloody prison for the murder of millions! Look at your social groups that are ruining and causing war between the genders for a sick corporate coup of profiteering on it. Look at the next person right next to you and see how the richest country on earth ignores its lower classes because of either colour or background..