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<blockquote data-quote="WTJ" data-source="post: 2069463" data-attributes="member: 6661"><p>I don't think that the issue is as much about a conspirasah as it is about the lack of credibility of ANY of the media outlets or government spokesmen. The cynicism of the remaining intelligent people is another driver. The media runs 'stories', not facts, in an effort to provide filler to a perpetual news cycle. Eyewitness reports are generally unreliable and regularly have factual omissions. People want the "truth" when they should be seeking facts. While we we were warned about the Military Industrial complex years ago, I wonder if the Government Media complex isn't more dangerous and certainly more insidious.</p><p></p><p>The problems? The government and media are indistinguishable any longer. The 'stories' support some preconceived agenda and/or outcome, provided the occurrence is outside the Beltway or a major approved urban concentration. Because there is no longer any implicit trust in what we are told, we look for anomalies, and there is more than a sufficiency. Coincidentally, these events tend to push the problematic discussions inside the approved population centers off the radar, which reinforces the conspiracy angle. We do not even trust photographic evidence since the advent of digital editing.</p><p></p><p>The behaviors on one side drive the conspiracies of the other side. While that does not mean there are, in fact, conspirators, it is apparent how the theories begin.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I don't buy the conspiracy angles. I usually won't credit them with that much collective intelligence or informational security. It boils down to a lack of both facts and trust. I simply don't buy ANY of the BS, from ANY "credible" source. The credibility of these people no longer exists, and probably hasn't since the Vietnam War.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WTJ, post: 2069463, member: 6661"] I don't think that the issue is as much about a conspirasah as it is about the lack of credibility of ANY of the media outlets or government spokesmen. The cynicism of the remaining intelligent people is another driver. The media runs 'stories', not facts, in an effort to provide filler to a perpetual news cycle. Eyewitness reports are generally unreliable and regularly have factual omissions. People want the "truth" when they should be seeking facts. While we we were warned about the Military Industrial complex years ago, I wonder if the Government Media complex isn't more dangerous and certainly more insidious. The problems? The government and media are indistinguishable any longer. The 'stories' support some preconceived agenda and/or outcome, provided the occurrence is outside the Beltway or a major approved urban concentration. Because there is no longer any implicit trust in what we are told, we look for anomalies, and there is more than a sufficiency. Coincidentally, these events tend to push the problematic discussions inside the approved population centers off the radar, which reinforces the conspiracy angle. We do not even trust photographic evidence since the advent of digital editing. The behaviors on one side drive the conspiracies of the other side. While that does not mean there are, in fact, conspirators, it is apparent how the theories begin. Personally, I don't buy the conspiracy angles. I usually won't credit them with that much collective intelligence or informational security. It boils down to a lack of both facts and trust. I simply don't buy ANY of the BS, from ANY "credible" source. The credibility of these people no longer exists, and probably hasn't since the Vietnam War. [/QUOTE]
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