Re:The Assange case is collapsing but it remains a travesty ...
by PaulDavisThe1st on Sunday July 25, 2021 @06:54PM
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> Sometimes media outlets have an agenda.
No. They always have an agenda. And that agenda, overwhelmingly, is pro status quo. Not left, not right, not up or down. Just "things are basically OK except for a few problems here and there which we'll tell you about, though not in much depth".
Re:The Assange case is collapsing but it remains a travesty ...
by esyir on Monday July 26, 2021 @05:51AM
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Looking at the media, it's hard to agree with your claim that it's pro status quo. See any incendiary topic where the media can take opposing sides. Surely two diametrically opposed opinions can't be status quo biased.
Re:The Assange case is collapsing but it remains a travesty ...
by pydry on Monday July 26, 2021 @12:50PM
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Chomsky once said that the way to keep a population passive and obedient was to place strict limits on the range of acceptable debate but encourage very lively debate within that range.
They'd probably have thought a key witness who turned out to be a liar and a rapist of underage boys who was given immunity was a little bit newsworthy if it happened during the trial to, say, lock Navalny up.
Just not when it's Assange, I suppose.
Sometimes media outlets have an agenda.