tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post167790910928795595..comments2024-03-28T04:52:18.318-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Lying. It's what they do.Borepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-17484866786221965872013-01-21T10:26:55.008-05:002013-01-21T10:26:55.008-05:00Excellent post BP, and it IS all about the words u...Excellent post BP, and it IS all about the words used... Fred is correct, and you have to remember the generations behind us are 'sound bite' generations. They will NOT actually look beyond the sound bite to see if it is actually true. The MSM counts on this and the fact that if there is not direct impingement on thier lives, they don't care.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-88157300700682215572013-01-21T07:59:58.283-05:002013-01-21T07:59:58.283-05:00I think it may be bigger than you think, "it&...I think it may be bigger than you think, "it" being distrust of media. <br /><br />As example, one blogger has recently pointed out that when Bush was President the media called 7.2% unemployment a catastrophe; now that their guy is in, years of 8%+ is a "slow recovery." And that's only one Newspeak example of many. <br /><br />Low Information Voters are oblivious to it, of course, but everyone else notices, which is slowly having an impact: circulation among newspapers and number of viewers of MSM broadcast "news" are both steadily dropping. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-4054161832312271502013-01-21T07:19:48.111-05:002013-01-21T07:19:48.111-05:00I suspect more widespread awareness of the Gell-Ma...I suspect more widespread awareness of the Gell-Mann Effect as well. Have seen little discussion of it by name, but I'm encountering more people who understand the concept.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com