The Truth in News
“The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.”
~ George Orwell
Many of us have a feeling that something out there in the world (and in our own backyard) is not quite right; in fact, your gut may be telling you that something is very wrong. That looming sense can be strong for those who go out of their way to seek the truth in the news… to investigate beyond the the main stream, to discover the sometimes terrible truths about what really is going on out there. It is analogous to taking the red pill (reference: ‘The Matrix’). Your eyes will be opened to more of the real world, likened to an Ostrich taking its head OUT of the sand and looking around… It’s like peeling layers of an onion. For most people, they only see the outside layer – what is presented to them. Once you begin to peel back the layers, you may not necessarily like what you see (or smell).
Most people see and hear just a few minutes of short video clips and sound bites from the main stream media news outlets each day. What they may not realize is that those precious moments have been very carefully crafted and scripted to shape your view and opinion of the world around you. If they look no further than that, then indeed their perception of the world IS the world of the Matrix as though they had taken the ‘blue pill’. Ever heard of the phrase, “You are what you eat”? Well it’s the same thing, but instead your world becomes what you’ve been shown and told on TV news or heard on main stream media outlet news break sound bites.
It really is a form of propaganda when you think about it. How is it that most people take it as truth, the things they see and hear during the 6 o-clock news? Why is there an assumption of trust and truth for the news anchor? Is it their looks, voice, and presentation? Did you know that they are simply reading from a teleprompter? Did you know that they did not write the script? Who is it then who decides what it is that should be important to you of all the thousands of goings on each day in the world? Who is it that chooses the words and the angle of the story being presented? Next time you hear the entry music that immediately precedes the network news, listen to it… it is a deliberate ‘jingle’ that is orchestrated to sound very official, if you know what I mean… Very powerful, yet subliminal.
I believe that the main stream news media is in no way like it was many years ago. They really do not challenge the establishment anymore. They go along, to get along. For the most part, in my opinion, they are linked with the corporate-government enterprise to propel forward the agenda that ‘the powers that be’ need you to accept. Much of your opinion regarding matters outside your daily realm are shaped by the main stream media whether you realize it or not. The government-media complex is a very powerful living breathing thing.
A better way to keep informed of current events and happenings around the nation and world is to expand and diversify your news sources. Do not rely solely on watching 30 minutes of the evening network news from one of the alphabet channels. And it doesn’t count to simply watch more than one of the alphabet channels because they mostly read from the same script and push the same few stories with much of the same slant.
Although you will need to have an open mind, today’s internet is loaded with a tremendous wealth of ‘food for thought’ on countless issues, topics, alternative news, and commentary. Some of it is good, and some of it, not so much. It is up to you to separate the difference. For the most part, it is human nature to recognize the truth, because it has a particular ‘ring’ to it. Your gut will tell you. The thing is to diversify and don’t get trapped in just a few sources of information. Go wide. The more sources at your disposal, the likelier it is that you will get closer to the truth and/or the real issues that may be important to you, or at least a wider perspective of the world around you than that which a main-stream media outlet is telling you.
Bookmark interesting sites, read the articles, comment on articles, build up your internet browser folders with organized bookmarks, subscribe to RSS feeds, check the website you’re visiting for links or a blogroll to other sites. The more sites you visit and read, the more diversified your knowledge will become. It’s easy to get hung up on a few favorites, but once in a while look beyond so as to better round your opinions.
You see, the fact is there are more and more people checking out alternative news on the internet… and the main stream media (and the government-media-complex) knows it. This is why they have been attempting to garner more control over it (the internet). You will likely see more of these attempts in the future (disguised as necessary precautions to save us from cyber threats or terrorism I’m sure…) as they slowly lose their grip of you seeking out sources other than their own willing accomplices at the alphabet channels.
What do you think about all this? Is there truth in the news today? Where do you get your news?
The Truth in News,
I have first hand experience with the network news skewing reports to favor their views. If I had not been at the site of an event and seen with my own eyes what really happened I would have believed their news report. Now I never watch the network news. I get all my info from the internet. I take everything reported with a grain of salt.
Good food for thought, with empasis on THOUGHT. Use multiple sources for obtaining info, read and use common sense in determining what is taking place around us. Think for yourself as you certainly can’t trust the MSM, their just propaganda machines for TPTB.
God Bless America!
“Think for yourself…” That is the key. Thanks for the comment.
Thank YOU for all the effort you expend to provide us thid forum and info.
Sure, it’s important to be an intelligent consumer of information. One just must be sure not to construct a personal ‘echo chamber’ of alternative news sources. Try to challenge your own opinions and predilictions of thought.
Just sayin’.
I agree totally. A few years ago, when I was a disgruntled Republican, I began my search. I progressed slowly but surely toward REALITY. This does take time, however, so don’t get discouraged. You will find quite a number of sites that will give you their best effort at give you truth. It’s good to have an assortment of sources to go to. I wish I could share what I know to all of you, but you will need to travel the same road that I did. You won’t want to ASSUME that a website is legitimate. This country is, basically, lost. This is something that has been going on for hundreds of years. I must apologize to some of you, who aren’t aware of the battle between good and evil on this world. If you ARE knowledgeable of the scriptures, you will know that Satan IS in control of this world. He is manipulating the powers on this earth toward one world government. Of course, Jesus Christ will return and subdue Satan sometime in the future to us, but that won’t be for some time yet. Right now, we need to cope with the Zionist Jews who are in control of the financial and political elites of the world (Zionist Jews, Ashkenazi, are not real Jews. Real Jews are Judean.). I know, if you are a newbie, what I’m saying will sound crazy. So … what should you do? Should you just ignore these few words? You could begin YOUR search for truth!!
Take off the tin hat Jim. Imagine if someone said that all Jim’s were backwards hillbillies just because they met one that was. Your claim that “Zionists” control the media is one of two errors in your comment.
If Zionist Jews (ChrIstIan and MuslIm ZIonIsts exIst too)
actually control the media, why do so many MSM outlets have a vehemently anti-Zionist stance? The NY Times, La Times, ABC, CNN are constantly airing or printing one-sIded artIcles fIlled wIth erroneous facts and blatantly false quotes. They also have given numerous passes to the anti-Zionist in the WH.
Who owns the NY Times, FOX, CNN, ABC, L.A. Times? Not Zionist Jews.
Ashkenazi Jews have similar DNA to Jews who stayed in the Middle East after the Roman invasion.
GO TO THE BBC IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD
The BBC has a track record of being biased. They are constantly issuing corrections on articles about Israel and have been taken to task many times.
The “mainstream press” is n othing more than a lap dog for the government. I believe nothing broadcast toa national audience anymore. We have a “president” [such that he truly is trying to pretend to be abyway] who is openly attacking Fox News because he doesn’t agree with them, which I believe to be unprecedented. When I see idiots like Piers Morgan and Chris Mathews on the idiot box, spewing their vile opinions and calling it news, I weep for my childs future. We are truly doomed as a society when responsible journalism has been replaced with opinionated and politicized crap in lieu of true and unbiased, fact based investigative journalism. I really don’t see how the media outlets could possibly suck up the the democratic machine any more than they already do. I also believe that Rupert Murdoch is being attacked because he wouldn’t toe the party line.
JMHO of course.
I think the title of the article is oxymoronic.