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    Shifting Tides: Legacy Media’s Struggle in the Era of Information Pluralism And The Rise Of Freedom

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    The Left is losing control over news and the narrative… they are not happy. They do want the profits though…

    With the New Hampshire primary later today, are the legacy media the defenders of democracy that they cast themselves as, or participants in the circus that leads to a “Trump Bump” and a return to the skyrocketing corporate media profits that they had during the years of the first Trump campaign and presidency,? Said Russel Brand

    In an era marked by the ubiquity of the internet and the diminishing constraints on press freedoms, traditional media outlets find themselves navigating uncharted territory where their once-unquestioned authority is no longer absolute. A recent discussion at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, titled “Defending Truth,” shed light on the challenges faced by legacy media in adapting to this evolving information landscape.  Continued below Dana’s clip (You can tell quickly why they hate the man… in addition to his love of Trump

    Corporate media is getting desperate, as they know a return of Trump will bring much in the way of profits, but at the same time will destroy their Leftist narratives. As a result, they move to destroy all other outlets that have an audience, or mute them to the point that no one can find them. YouTube does it exactly the way the Deep State wants, restricting new users and slowly taking users away from Conservatives until they realize that they must leave or perish over time.

    With Revenues Declining, Corporate Media Demand Substack Censorship Claims of rampant Nazism on social media continue to fall apart. Michael Shellenberger attacks this issue for us all. You can read his article below, and keep in mind that when he speaks of Newswatch, Whatfinger News is also on their list, and it is this list that they intend on imposing censorship in America with the Biden Administration. Red China would be proud of their disgusting ways.  (See article below – where it says Michael Shellenberger)

    It sounds like she is saying that we the people no longer trust the WSJ and NYT as factual because they aren’t explaining their “facts” in a way we can understand? It’s not because they print lies and propaganda, it’s because we are too stupid to understand how they present their facts and so we rely on other (non-factual) sources. Can wait to see how they dumb it down so we can understand their facts- Casual Observer

    There is a concerted effort by Corporate Media and the Democrats to push anti-White and anti-White male racist garbage. It is hate, it’s divisive, corrupt, and targeted propaganda. In the past, Joy Reid would have been driven out of her job at MSNBC never to work in media again (fast clip below)

    Emma Tucker, Editor-in-Chief of the Wall Street Journal, expressed her concern during the WEF session about the diminishing control traditional media outlets have over information and narratives. She acknowledged the unique challenge faced by legacy brands like the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, reminiscing about a time not too long ago when they held a monopoly over news. Tucker lamented, “If it said it in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, then that was a fact.” However, she acknowledged that this certainty has eroded, as people now turn to diverse sources for news, becoming more discerning and questioning of traditional media narratives.

    The dynamics of information dissemination have undergone a significant shift, challenging the traditional gatekeeping role of legacy media outlets. Tucker’s reflections highlight the need for these outlets to adapt to the changing expectations of an audience that seeks information from various perspectives.

    During the same WEF discussion, Věra Jourová, Vice President of the European Commission, raised concerns about the rise of “disinformation” and labeled it a “security threat.” Jourová suggested a connection to Russian military doctrine, emphasizing the information war that is currently underway. However, this raises questions about the definition of disinformation and its role in global affairs.

    ‘[The WEF] should be disappeared.” Former presidential candidate, Ron Paul, calls for the abolition of Klaus Schwab’s World Economic Forum, believing it to exert an undue influence over both the education system and the medical profession. “But a few people have awakened… More people know what went on during the lockdown than they did before the lockdown. [It’s] looking like the American people are ready to resist that.’ – see fast 2 min clip below

    You can see the full interview by Glenn Beck with Ron Paul below.  Article continued under this next vid

    Critics argue that instances of information manipulation are not exclusive to external actors. The discussion references past controversies, such as the use of a former British spook’s Russian source by the Hillary Clinton campaign to fabricate a hoax against Donald Trump. This misinformation was disseminated through various media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal. Similarly, allegations of 51 former US intelligence officials using disinformation to influence the 2020 election, particularly regarding the Hunter Biden laptop scandal reported by the New York Post, complicate the narrative around the purity of information.

    Jourová’s emphasis on combating disinformation and ensuring accurate information dissemination is commendable. However, skepticism arises when considering the potential for bias and manipulation within the information ecosystem, both domestically and internationally.  Just listen to this animal from the WEF.

    WEF mastermind Yuval Noah Harari says human rights are fiction, just like God…  Fast clip below

    The discussion at Davos reflects the broader efforts within the European Union (EU) to address these challenges. Jourová outlined the EU’s focus on improving the system to ensure the public receives accurate information. However, there is a fine line between fact-checking and infringing on freedom of expression or opinion.

    ‘These people are so afraid of the truth and the awakening that is occurring. WEF – Speaker At Global Elite Summit Goes On Rant On How To ‘Force’ Social Media Censorship At Davos. The only disinformation comes from governments, the World Economic Forum and the United Nations. 179 Nations signed the agreement with the WEF and the United Nations for a one world government that will govern all of humanity,’ said Jessica Rojas. See fast clip below

    The complexities of the modern information landscape extend beyond traditional media, as highlighted by Jourová’s engagements with tech giants like YouTube and Meta. Her push for these platforms to “play by the rules” underscores the growing intersection between traditional media, social media, and global regulatory frameworks.

    Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, further advocated for globalist control over the flow of information in the digital age. This call for overarching control prompts discussions about the balance between safeguarding against misinformation and preserving the principles of a free and diverse media landscape.  This woman thinks she is God. Like most Leftists and Marxists, they believe they have the right to do anything they want. Just listen to this person…

    ‘So Ursula von der Leyen stated in Davos that she wants to use the DSA legislation to censor social media under the pretext of “hate speech” One question, who exactly elected this lady?,’ said Richard… fast clip below

    Michael Shellenberger: With Revenues Declining, Corporate Media Demand Substack Censorship by @ZaidJilani & @galexybrane

     Claims of rampant Nazism on social media continue to fall apart

    As Public reported earlier this month, the censorship campaign against Substack is largely based on exaggerations and half-truths. Critics claim that Substack has a “neo-Nazi problem,” but the reality is that there are few neo-Nazi newsletters on the platform, and they have a tiny number of readers and subscribers. If anything, Substack’s policy on free expression seems to be successful in marginalizing extreme voices, who are much less popular than more mainstream ideas on the platform. But new details uncovered by journalist Jesse Singal suggest that the Atlantic article by Jonathan Katz that started the latest anti-Substack campaign was even more flawed than we realized. Singal caught factual errors in Katz’s article. First, Katz claimed that anyone who is “restricted from making money on Substack” is banned from the platform. Singal confirmed with Substack that the policy is that if you’re banned by Stripe – which is used to pay writers via Substack – then you can’t monetize your content on the platform.

    This is important because of a claim that Katz makes later on in the piece, that white nationalist Patrick Casey is making a comfortable income from Substack. Singal revealed that what Katz did was selectively quote Casey’s words to make it appear that he has a large revenue stream from Substack. He located the blog post where Casey described his income. In one paragraph, Casey writes, “aside from the unfortunate realities of deplatforming, my life is going fairly well. I’ve been blessed with a growing network of friends and political contacts, I’m in great health, and I’m able to live comfortably doing something I find enjoyable and fulfilling.” It’s easy to think he might be talking about Substack in that paragraph. But then in the next paragraph, Casey explains that he’s “been banned from Stripe, which Substack uses for its paid subscriptions.”  Continued below Rachel Clip

    The key words here are “hosted service” – this refers to only a portion of Ghost’s content. Ghost’s page on content moderation includes the following paragraph: Ghost is a freely-released open source publishing platform which anyone can download and use to share their opinions, ideas or viewpoints without intervention, on their own website. Our technology is decentralised, independent software which does not promote, expose or assist any particular content — nor do we have any control or ability to censor, or moderate what is published. The majority of Ghost websites in the world are not hosted by us.

    That means that most of what is used by Ghost is completely unmoderated. Newton is protesting what he sees as insufficient censorship on Substack by going to a platform where most of the content is even less censored. Hosted websites, as noted by Newton, are subject to certain rules, including prohibitions on incitement to violence. But Substack itself removed 5 of the neo-Nazi blogs for incitement – rules that it applies to all content on Substack rather than just a few hosted sites like Ghost. Therefore, the case for moving from Substack to Ghost because you want to see stronger moderation of what’s being said is actually very weak. Newton did not respond to a request for comment from Public.

    Although Casey and Katz are independent, their criticisms of Substack have been massively amplified by the mainstream media (see above for a sampling of recent headlines). What is driving the attack on Substack? The corporate news media are on a crusade to censor social media and stamp out independent journalism. Please help defend free speech by becoming a paid subscriber to Public today! Media Wars

    Many major media outlets have covered the pressure on Substack to censor Nazi content, as well as Substack’s eventual loss of Platformer. The saga was featured in Rolling Stone, the Washington Post, NBC News, the Guardian, the New York Times, and others. On the New York Times’ “Hard Fork” podcast, Newton discussed Public’s reporting with technology columnist Kevin Roose. A Substack spokesperson told Public that the list of Nazi Substacks Newton had reported to the company consisted of only 6 Substacks with 29 paid subscribers between them. This list, Newton insisted on “Hard Fork,” was not actually definitive, but just intended to represent “the very worst stuff” he could find. His earlier representation of the analysis, though, was that the Platformer team had “analyzed dozens of Substacks for pro-Nazi content,” suggesting that their search was thorough and that an entire team had combed through many Substacks to find Nazi content. On the podcast, Roose and Newton framed leaving Substack as a noble moral act against Nazism.  Continued below this fast clip

    The tide is turning. Two years ago it was a conspiracy theory to mention the WEF. Last year independent media reported on it. MSM wouldn’t touch it. This year it’s being challenged directly by political and business leaders. Let’s keep it up!!

    “I’m really proud of you for making this stand,” Roose told Newton. This seemingly coordinated attack on Substack, and suggestion from many publications that the only moral course of action is to renounce the platform, has a clear goal. Falsely painting alternative media as Nazi-aligned is anticompetitive behavior aimed at reducing the threat Substack poses to the legacy media. This is not the first time that a social media company has found itself under pressure to censor more. The Facebook Files showed that media pressure was a large part of the company’s decision to remove more content, including true content that could lead to “vaccine hesitancy.” Internally, Facebook had determined that such censorship would backfire. Yet negative media coverage helped push the company to enforce stricter policies. “We are facing continued pressure from external stakeholders, including the White House and the press, to remove more COVID-19 vaccine-discouraging content,” Facebook’s Director of Strategic Response, Rosa Birch, wrote in an April 2021 email to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg. The Facebook Files revealed additional details about the media’s role in pushing for censorship. In July 2021, Andy Slavitt, Senior Advisor to the White House Covid-19 pandemic response team, sent Facebook a tweet from NBC “disinformation reporter” Ben Collins in order to demand greater censorship. The same month, the New York Times’ Sheera Frenkel published an article about Dr. Joseph Mercola and his use of Facebook to spread mis- and disinformation.

    Facebook responded to the story by looking for ways to “blackhole” Mercola, a radical measure that would remove all links to Mercola’s content from the platform. In reaction to Frenkel’s article, Facebook employees actively searched for an excuse to punish Mercola and considered blackholing him based on posts from months earlier. Corporate media journalists also pressured Twitter to silence and deplatform their independent competitors. Journalists from CNN and Axios urged Twitter to suspend Alex Berenson for questioning Covid-19 vaccine safety and efficacy. In March 2021 when Axios reporter Ashley Gold emailed Twitter about Berenson’s content, Axios was receiving advertising money from Pfizer and promoted the company on its website. Since the strategy of demanding “content moderation” to undercut independent journalists on Twitter and Facebook proved, at least temporarily, effective, it’s no wonder some mainstream figures and their allies are trying to use the same strategy again on Substack.  Continued below the fast Fox Clip

    Fox News guest PERFECTLY summarizes the WEF’s ‘Great Reset’ agenda, in just one minute: “The WEF is a fanatical political organization that uses fear and manipulation, like Covid hysteria, like the hoax of global warming, to really facilitate people thinking that somehow they’re the saviors, but really all you’re doing is helping them accomplish their goal, which really is a global public-private fascist movement, and fusion of big government, big tech [and] big money, to create a technocratic ruling elite, which conveniently is them.” “They want to create feudalism 2.0, in which we are serfs, and they are the lords ruling over us… That’s what they’re aiming for.”

    The effort to denigrate alternative media is also supported by organizations like NewsGuard and the Global Disinformation Index, which, as a recently filed lawsuit has alleged, blacklist political dissent. Newton’s Platformer is one of the few Substacks NewsGuard has rated, giving it a 92.5/100. NewsGuard lists Platformer as one of its “Unsung Heroes,” websites and podcasts with high “Trust Scores” that “receive little notice, despite producing impactful, fact-based news and analysis.” NewsGuard appears to have gone out of its way to rate and promote Newton’s pro-censorship Platformer. Notably, investigative Journalist Lee Fang reported last year that NewsGuard works closely with the Defense Department and with the intelligence sector. In response to our inquiry, NewsGuard co-CEO Gordon Crovitz told Public, “We have rated a handful of Substacks as we get requests, but don’t yet have a policy to rate these in the quantity we do for websites and some other media. As Substack grows in significance, I imagine we’ll continue to rate more Substacks.” Stand Up For Free Speech

    The good news is that the public’s trust in the mainstream media has fallen dramatically. A recent Gallup poll found that only 32% of Americans trust the mass media “a great deal” or “a fair amount.” A record 39% of Americans said their amount of trust in mass media was “none at all.” The average monthly number of unique visitors to the top 50 newspapers in the US declined 20% in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to 2021. Major outlets are seeing their digital audience sharply declining, are losing advertising revenue, and are laying off staff…

    Major Points Discussed:

    • Fox News guest PERFECTLY summarizes the WEF’s ‘Great Reset’ agenda, in just one minute: “The WEF is a fanatical political organization that uses fear and manipulation, like Covid hysteria, like the hoax of global warming, to really facilitate people thinking that somehow they’re the saviors, but really all you’re doing is helping them accomplish their goal, which really is a global public-private fascist movement, and fusion of big government, big tech [and] big money, to create a technocratic ruling elite, which conveniently is them.”
    • Legacy media, represented by the Wall Street Journal’s Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker, acknowledges a loss of control over information and narratives in the face of the internet’s influence.
    • Tucker notes the challenge faced by traditional media outlets like the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, emphasizing that they no longer solely dictate what constitutes facts.
    • Věra Jourová, Vice President of the European Commission, labels the rise of “disinformation” as a security threat during a World Economic Forum discussion, pointing to an ongoing information war with connections to Russian military doctrine.
    • Criticism arises as past instances, such as the Hillary Clinton campaign’s use of a former British spook’s Russian source and allegations of U.S. intelligence officials influencing the 2020 election, raise questions about the purity of information and potential biases within the information ecosystem.
    • The discussion highlights broader efforts within the European Union to combat disinformation, with a focus on improving systems to ensure accurate information dissemination. However, challenges arise in balancing fact-checking with preserving freedom of expression and avoiding undue interference in opinions.

    Comments – Threads – Links

    • Thank goodness!!- Elon Musk
    • They shouldn’t have lied to the people so much and carried water for Democrats. They became propagandists rather than news- Savannah
    • How about just doing what journalists are supposed to do? – Seek truth and report it. – Always serve the public; never give favored treatment. – Be accountable and transparent- Stan Hazen
    • Tucker’s words highlight a transition underway in journalism: From an era where media was often synonymous with propaganda, to an age of multiplicity and dialogue. A good sign for citizen journalists like

      @TheChiefNerd. Keep up the great work- Kali Yuga Buddha

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