Avoid News, Part 2: What the Stock Market Taught Me about News

Re:Avoid News, Part 2: What the Stock Market Taught Me about... by IncRnd on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @09:46AM (#27515459)

> I think the very final nail in the coffin was the leaked recordings of the CNN technical director basically admitting what everyone pretty much already knew. That they spread misinformation deliberately, only give interviews to subject experts who they know will say what CNN prefers them to say and ultimately design everything they put on the screen to get hooks inside your limbic system and keep your eyes glued.

For anyone who may not be aware of the contents of the actual recordings, here are some quotes.

  Trump was — his hand was shaking, he was losing it.  He’s unfit. We were creating a story there. I think that’s propaganda.

  [Trump's] hand was shaking or whatever, I think. We brought in so many medical people to tell a story that was all speculation -- that he was neurologically damaged, and he was losing it. He's unfit to - you know, whatever.

  We had nothing else to run with at that time. We were like, just taking shots off a bow, just hoping something would hit, you know?

  We were creating a story there that we didn't know anything about. That's what - I think that's propaganda

  Look what we did, we  got Trump out. I am 100 percent going to say it, and I 100 percent believe that if it wasn't for CNN, I don't know that Trump would have got voted out.

  Like our focus was to get Trump out of office, right? Without saying it, that's what it was, right? So, our next thing is going to be climate change awareness.

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Re:Avoid News, Part 2: What the Stock Market Taught Me about... by season2episode3 on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @09:42PM (#27523957)

I found this claim really intriguing and rabbit holed on researching it for a bit... but upon further research I am skeptical. It strikes me that I'm basically only seeing articles out of News Corp outlets and random blogs which appear to be rehashing the same content. News Corp outlets definitely dominate here.

But let's agree that CNN's agenda was obviously anti-Trump because it was a major driver of their traffic... here's what really made me skeptical:

> our next thing is going to be climate change awareness

This line is really telling. The CNN tech director, ostensibly caught in an unguarded moment, draws a line directly from Trump's fake news/voter fraud claim all the way to climate science. This is really, really fishy.

It is a _moral imperative_ for humanity to live in greater harmony with the planet, which includes reducing our dependency on fossil fuels. This is not politics, it's an informed take based on science that aligns with an understanding of physics, a long record of paleoclimatological data, and things I can literally see with my eyes (I enjoy mountain climbing and have seen glacial retreat firsthand over years).

I don't believe it's a coincidence that Rupert Murdoch, the owner of the News Corp outlets, has enormous fossil fuel holdings and would be negatively affected by this inconvenient moral imperative.

I hadn't heard of Project Veritas, the originators of this claim, but a little research into their past history also makes me want to take their presentation with more than a little skepticism.

Again, I don't have any _direct_ evidence to claim that the quote is fabricated. I do believe that there are significant ulterior motives here in the reporting of this claim, and the claims are reported by outlets that themselves have a spotty record of journalistic integrity.

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Re:Avoid News, Part 2: What the Stock Market Taught Me about... by IncRnd on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @12:37AM (#27524965)

I'm not sure you read my comment prior to replying. I didn't make a claim, only posted quotes from a video that was referenced by a different poster. That way, people unfamiliar with the video would know its contents. So, I don't understand what claim of mine you attempted to debunk.

Instead of reading endless articles about a recording to determine if the recording exists, why not watch the recording itself?

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