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Re:Paramount Caught Using 'Astroturf' Group to Drum Up Fake ... by sleepybrett on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @12:19PM (#49612481)
You can see this in real time in our modern 'mainstream media', even MSNOW, the supposedly 'left-leaning' 'anti-foxnews' sounds more like a regan era republican than it's actual desired audience. If you turn on cnn it's just constantly drumbeating iran war/support for israel, etc.
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Re:Paramount Caught Using 'Astroturf' Group to Drum Up Fake ... by horsawlarway on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @12:39PM (#49612749)
Hardly need to add "Modern" on this statement. Hell - Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent" is nearly 40 years old at this point (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent)

If anything - I actually think we're at a spot where the mask is slipping a bit, because the US was slow to adapt its media distortion to the internet, and the financial interests in the US are stretching even farther away from general sentiment.

So the notice is because they've fumbled, and now are beating the drum extra hard to try to make up ground.

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Re:Paramount Caught Using 'Astroturf' Group to Drum Up Fake ... by ChrisMarshallNY on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @02:13PM (#49614336)
A classic Yes, Prime Minister: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahgjEjJkZks
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