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Bob Thebuilder's avatar

Here's a distinction that has, unfortunately, become important to understand:

Disinformation = False information spread as propaganda.

Misinformation = True information the government doesn't like.

Rogan, through his open-mindedness spreads misinformation, and that is a good thing.

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David Blackmon's avatar

Yes.

Disinformation = What our utterly corrupt news media does on behalf of the Democrats.

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JOHN COOPER's avatar

4th Estate is dead. All people like Joe Rogan and Russel Brand are doing is picking up their slack. I absolutely refuse to call the Main Stream Media anything else but that, they are not news outlets. I remember what it was like to pick up a Newspaper read the headline and the article would state facts not FEELINGS or OPINIONS of the reporter. Now facts are an annoyance and feelings are truth to those in the media. I include channels like FOX as well.

Pick a headline topic and watch the report on NBC and write down the keywords and phrases they use. Then do the same with ABC and then CBS guess what you will hear? Exact same keywords and phrases.

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Jeff Walther's avatar

Regarding your last paragraph; much of that is caused by media outlets just republishing press releases with no analysis or fact checking. Some NGO sends in a press release. They all republish it verbatim without even common sense checking of the facts.

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The Radical Individualist's avatar

I'm reading this more than two years later. And there are STILL people who trust the media. Some people prefer easy answers and a sense of belonging. Those are two of the prime traits of cultists.

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Whiskey1Bravo's avatar

Very true all you said and there are only a couple that speak truth like this NYT guy this time as I don't know him but the main reason the MSM is doing what they have been doing for decades and are now being exposed left and right for. Is they are sell out puppets of the deep state. Who yanks their chains telling them what to said and do everyday to control Americans thinking the way they want. Example. The MSM is all aboard with diversity training and letting homosexuals and people with mental problems serve in the military and focused on wokeness and politics vs. training and preparing for war. Which only weaken the military and destroy unit morals and teamwork. No real professional warriors want this. 98% of the military doesn't want this. 95% of Americans don't want this. Yet the MSM and their puppet guests in government or some org. keep pushing this crap that its the best thing to ever happen to the military. When in fact its the worse. The same with Ukraine. Russia not going to invade but they are pushing they will. The Wuhan virus pandemic is real and deadly. No its not and never was but the vaccines are. Climate change will destroy the planet. No its won't. All these are fake scams and con jobs to control what you do and think. That why they hate all these news podcast and online news shows because they are telling the truth for one. Showing both sides of the story in real time. Their letting people talk from all point of view. They shows real proof to back up what they are saying. Their comment section is open and its not censor one way or another. Just to name a few. The good new is soon the MSM as we know it will be history and the people who lied and deceived America will paid for their crimes.

WWG1WGA

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SgtJoe's avatar

I can recall the MSM talking heads of the late 60's and 70's, plying their trade and misleading, "aka" lying to the American public and no alternative being presented to the public. Now in my agedness I realize so much was manipulated for and by the "elitists" who were created by the media who wanted their icons to have control of what was "fed" to the masses. Implicitly involved are the current agencies of the government that we now see who can manipulate, intimidate and create situations where a duly elected president is subjected to 4 years of "manufactured" conspiracies. The swamp is deep, the water is rancid, but the American people are smart, strong and resourceful. History has recorded the hard times that have been navigated by this American spirit and I can see that it is once again blossoming in knowledge that these communist that exist within our nation which is based on a form of representative republicanism can be removed. Keep the faith and God Bless America

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Rick Church's avatar

I suspect in the end they will get him. The haters are relentless.

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