None of what Paul revels surprises me. I subscribe to both NYT the WaPo. It is surely important to know what your adversaries in the main-stream media think (and Paul does a superb job of showing us). Moreover, both papers have had superb analytical essays on the IDF genocide (only, of course, they use the passive voice, never, ever use the word "genocide, except to debunk it, and never telling their readers who is doing all the destruction---and why. Nor do they ever point to the American imperialism that sustains that genocide. Just the other day, two brave journalists (by American standards, which is very, very low), one Jewish-American, the other Palestinian American, tried to question Genocide Blinken; he refused---and being dragged out, screamed the truth, one asking him why he was not in the Hague [UN criminal court], the other telling him he had ruined Judaism by insisting that all Jews were Zionists. We are not; a few older ones, myself included, and many younger ones abhor the genocide, with a slogan "not in our name."
I have a strange sort of insight on this. My wife joined a card playing group during the pandemic when they needed another player. My wife was invited due to her friendship with a coworker from the past who is wealthy, divorced and hooked up with someone even wealthier. We are not. But we have been invited to some gatherings with mostly other wealthy folks. The friend and her partner get the NYT. Their opinions and those of their friends are not left leaning. Even though they’re not a bunch of Trumper’s, they’re pretty hooked into their personal wellbeing and skeptical of stuff that is outside their bubble. They still think the US is the greatest. No focus on genocide or the impending fascism coming down the pike.
I am a late bloomer when it comes to media. I never realized just how bias, capitalist and failure to address alternative views to mainstream politics. Until recently, I thought MSNBC and the NY Times were more leftist, but of course are not. I even have a subscription to the Times, but am canceling. Thanks for your post.
"Genocide Joe". Why is it all the Presidents of the United States seem to be intent on out-doing each other on their death toll numbers? I concur with you about Joe Biden's legacy - white washing his appalling foreign policy decision making will do him no favours in history.
Trump meanwhile, it appears, won't concern himself with foreign affairs, he will just try to get his genocide numbers from INSIDE the USA :o/
None of what Paul revels surprises me. I subscribe to both NYT the WaPo. It is surely important to know what your adversaries in the main-stream media think (and Paul does a superb job of showing us). Moreover, both papers have had superb analytical essays on the IDF genocide (only, of course, they use the passive voice, never, ever use the word "genocide, except to debunk it, and never telling their readers who is doing all the destruction---and why. Nor do they ever point to the American imperialism that sustains that genocide. Just the other day, two brave journalists (by American standards, which is very, very low), one Jewish-American, the other Palestinian American, tried to question Genocide Blinken; he refused---and being dragged out, screamed the truth, one asking him why he was not in the Hague [UN criminal court], the other telling him he had ruined Judaism by insisting that all Jews were Zionists. We are not; a few older ones, myself included, and many younger ones abhor the genocide, with a slogan "not in our name."
I have a strange sort of insight on this. My wife joined a card playing group during the pandemic when they needed another player. My wife was invited due to her friendship with a coworker from the past who is wealthy, divorced and hooked up with someone even wealthier. We are not. But we have been invited to some gatherings with mostly other wealthy folks. The friend and her partner get the NYT. Their opinions and those of their friends are not left leaning. Even though they’re not a bunch of Trumper’s, they’re pretty hooked into their personal wellbeing and skeptical of stuff that is outside their bubble. They still think the US is the greatest. No focus on genocide or the impending fascism coming down the pike.
I am a late bloomer when it comes to media. I never realized just how bias, capitalist and failure to address alternative views to mainstream politics. Until recently, I thought MSNBC and the NY Times were more leftist, but of course are not. I even have a subscription to the Times, but am canceling. Thanks for your post.
Thanks. In my line of work I have to keep tabs on the Times so subscribe. MSDNC I do not miss
I watched MSDNC exactly once, years ago. Never returned.
Opps. For those who do not know the illustration refers to Edward S. Herman and David Peterson
The Politics of Genocide, with a Chomsky introduction
"Genocide Joe". Why is it all the Presidents of the United States seem to be intent on out-doing each other on their death toll numbers? I concur with you about Joe Biden's legacy - white washing his appalling foreign policy decision making will do him no favours in history.
Trump meanwhile, it appears, won't concern himself with foreign affairs, he will just try to get his genocide numbers from INSIDE the USA :o/
Thanks for this, Paul.