[ZNPaaneah]

This has been a recurring theme in the Politics and Church thread, and perhaps in the climate change thread to a lesser degree. So we should understand the history of this.

After the JFK assassination

The Dallas Daily News did an attack on Jim Garrison's investigation

Then the Saturday Evening Post did an attack

Then Garrison was offered a Federal Judge position if he would drop the case

NBC did a special, an hour attacking Garrison -- The JFK Assassination: the Case of Jim Garrison

The show was criminal which included an attempt to bribe a key witness to lie. This took place while Garrison had wired his witness, so they had the producer of the NBC show on tampering and obstruction of justice. However, it went to federal court and Sheridan never got tried.

Now at that time we had an "Equal time rule" with the FCC. Since NBC had attacked Garrison's case for an hour he was given an hour to respond. That had a huge impact on public perception and also on the law. The US did away with the equal time law. No more is there a "fair play" law in this country.

The 9/11 attack -- no one hears the other side, only the official version
Voter fraud -- same thing
Wall Street Corruption -- same thing
RFK assassination, Fake war in Iraq, Mortgage meltdown, etc.

That is where Fake news came in, no longer did the media need to fear of being caught in a lie.

But along with their cavalier attitude towards the truth you see a steady decline in the perception of the media and an increase in people seeking out other sources, particularly through the internet.

How to stop that? Read the Patriot act.

PS Winston Smith was the lead character in 1984