"... This style of journalism, called "both sides" reporting or the "view from nowhere," is a trademark of our declining corporate press. It buries the truth in favor of an faux-objectivity in order to avoid offending advertisers, readers (ad viewers), sources, or media ownership (almost always conservative white men).

The result is pseudo-journalistic artifice designed to look like useful reporting. It's function is to sell ads (which it doesn't even do very well), coddle power, normalize corrupt corporatism, and provide a fake sense of understanding to MBAs who don't want to think too deeply about the ethics of their personal pursuit of wealth.

Like most Carr reporting I've read, the Financial Times is able to discuss Carr's censorship, but never mentions that Carr has taken a hatchet to corporate oversight and consumer protection. His real world policy impact on people, workers, and consumers genuinely isn't of interest to them.

...
It used to be a point of pride for a journalist to land an interview with a major public figure. Now, it's more than likely that you were chosen specifically because people in power know you lack the chops to meaningfully push.

... a vast sea of artifice, designed to distract, normalize, and give the vague impression of the thoughtful conveyance of useful information, but with all pointed, truthful edges sanded off to a harmless nub."

#journalism #media #reporting #fascism #bothSides #viewFromNowhere #literacy #education #propaganda #disinformation

htps://karlbode.com/brunchlord-ptatty-cake/

Quietly, one of the strangest parts of Truth Social Is that the ad-to-post ratio is like 1:1, and all the ads are for things that aren't real. #fascism #trump
@msfreepress The GOP is the KKK, they just don’t bother with the hoods anymore - as they shamelessly lament the “terror” of Black leaders. #racism #bigotry #MAGA #hate #fascism #GOP

🤬 Canal+ Threatens Blacklist After French Film Industry Criticism

「 Canal+ CEO Maxime Saada announced on May 17, 2026 at Cannes that the group will no longer work with the 600 French film-industry professionals who signed an open letter opposing Vincent Bolloré’s expanding control—especially via a 34 % UGC stake aiming for full ownership by 2028 」

https://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/canal-threatens-blacklist-french-film-industry-figures/

#france #fascism #censorship

Canal+ Threatens Blacklist After French Film Industry Criticism

Canal+ threatens to blacklist 600 French film industry figures after public criticism of Vincent Bollore and his growing influence in France's media sector.

Global Banking & Finance Review

Okay, I don't see the rest of the sane world unifying to attack the USA and overthrow fascism. For one thing, Trump would probably use nukes almost immediately.

But why the FUCK can't they throw an absolute interdiction on the US? No trade AT ALL. Nothing. Nada. No buying, no selling, no travel WHATSOEVER.

Let America drown in its own toxic juices. God knows it deserves it!

#Politics #Fascism

"The #FBI🚨🚨🚨 says it wants to buy nationwide access to license plate readers. This would likely mean🚨the FBI could track vehicles, and by extension people, without a warrant. FBI offering $36M. Only really two companies could do it: Flock and Motorola."

#Surveillance #Fascism #Rights #Constitution #Trump #Impeach #USPol
https://www.404media.co/the-fbi-wants-to-buy-nationwide-access-to-license-plate-readers/

The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate Readers

Only a couple vendors could likely fulfill what the FBI is after, namely Flock and Motorola.

404 Media

RE: https://mstdn.social/@Free_Press/116596679010571639

It's extremeley expensive to establish and pay an army designed to kill your neighbors, which said neighbors are paying for.

#USPol
#Fascism

New video from @anderspuck about how Rubio's recent comments on NATO in Europe are remarkably similar to how people around Putin try to communicate ideas to him without contradicting, criticising, or even appearing to provide new information to him.

It's the second half of the video - the first half is what was being said and how Europe is likely to take it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K11HW1-OOp0

#uspol #uspolitics #politics #fascism #NATO #FuckTrump #FuckPutin #FuckTheGOP #FuckRepublicans

What does the US get out of NATO? — And why Rubio is talking to Trump through the TV

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Anyone want to predict how long it will be before those supermarket robots are armed and licensed to kill?

#Politics #Fascism #Capitalism