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I'm trying compile (for instructional use) a set of very vivid/egregious/horrifying examples of consent manufacturing in the Western media. Stuff like this:

Got any good examples like this? Post 'em!

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[-] [email protected] 47 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
[-] [email protected] 39 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I don't know if these are exactly what you mean but I hoard images I think might be good for reposting later

[-] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

Yeah, this is great stuff. Thanks!

[-] [email protected] 38 points 6 months ago

There’s this classic from hurricane Katrina:

And this pairs well with just about any Russiagate headline:

[-] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

Excellent, thanks!

[-] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago

Why is it that every time I see Henry Kissingers name, it’s attached to the most evil shit I’ve ever heard?

[-] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago

I know the answer to this one!

Cause he's an evil fuck

[-] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago

This one’s an older example, but there’s an interview with former CIA agent John Stockwell where he describes in detail how the CIA spread lies about Cuba. I transcribed the whole interview here, some good quotes are highlighted.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[-] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago

https://theintercept.com/2024/01/09/newspapers-israel-palestine-bias-new-york-times/

I'm fairly sure adam johnson posted a pithy image about how gazans are killed while israelis are murdered

another one I've seen is the before 2022/after 2022 coverage of ukrainian nazis. there was an amalgam of 12-20 headlines from before 2022 talking about ukrainian far right nationalists (nazis) vs post 2022 coverage

if you want to be super current, you could probably find headlines from before this week talking about HTS stoning people and generally being awful, contrast it with the fawning interviews jolani has gotten this week where he's portrayed as woke al qaida

[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Fabulous. Thank you!

[-] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Just about everything related to preventative measures for COVID-19. The first instance that jumps to my mind is the isolation guidelines essentially being dictated by Delta, the airliner. That’s it. Only the whims of a corporation. Don’t have any screenshots or anything on me at the moment but there is a lot in here, though! (everyone should watch the video this is attached to, as well)

Did you know the California Supreme Court rules that it’s fine for your employer not to follow regulations related to COVID safety because to do otherwise would be catastrophic for business and while ruling otherwise was ‘legally and morally’ correct it would be a ‘floodgate’ case for widespread employer liability? They literally said this.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Oooo, I haven't seen any of this. Great (by which I mean terrible) stuff. Thanks!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[-] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago
[-] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Check Assal Rad's entire twitter for examples on gaza

https://xcancel.com/assalrad

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Oh yeah, this is a banger. Thank you.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

this quote demonizing the CPC, from an article that was just posted to hexbear, might not be vivid/egregious/horrifying, but it's pretty slanted

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/politics/trump-xi-inauguration-china-analysis/index.html

Xi’s presence would also be seen as endorsing a democratic transfer of power — anathema for an autocrat in a one-party state obsessed with crushing individual expression.

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