CNN's CEO Is Making Staff Churn Out Israel Propaganda by Caitlin Johnstone published on 2024-02-05T14:19:35Z This is the sort of person who gets hired to multiple executive positions in multiple highly influential western media platforms. If you've ever wondered why it looks like the western press function in pretty much the same way as the state propaganda services in the autocracies the west proudly sets itself apart from, this is why. The corporate media are owned and controlled by plutocrats who have a vested interest in preserving the status quo power structure upon which their kingdoms are built, and state broadcasters like the BBC have the same interest for the same reason. They decide who the executives of those outlets will be, and those executives make policy and hiring decisions which cause the outlet to function in a way that is indistinguishable from state propaganda. Reading by Tim Foley. Genre News & Politics Comment by Devamitta What is the remedy, I always ask myself. One important thing, of many, might be for people to take control of local education and how our children are taught. The necessity of teaching our children how to wind their way through media and understand what and who is behind the words on the page or the voices of the talking heads we see in our mediasphere. It is a matter of safety for our children in that deciphering and parsing what is feed to us will free our children from accepting narratifves based on fantasy or the desires of those whose interests are served. Pablo Friere had it right (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) in that educations for him was seen as a commitarian endeavor where together we create understanding rather than being spoon fed that which enthrall or hold us imprisoned in a self-created cage. 2024-02-06T12:35:57Z
