Astroturf and manipulation of media messages


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kokoda
kokoda

Good to listen to this for the 2nd time. Knew Wiki was a fraud/corrupt from the GloBull Warming edits/deletes performed on those that didn’t toe the AGW line.

KaD
KaD

•Even worse, in the words of Morpheus, “You have to understand. Most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so helplessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it.” – http://twoicefloes.com/where-will-you-be-when-the-end-game-begins/

JIMSKI
JIMSKI

And yet when someone posts something from RT it is gospel up in here……….

Thinker

A little ironic, considering Atkinson has had her own share of criticism for “reporting” misinformation.

All this happened long before Wikipedia and the internet in general. The adage, “he who wins writes the history books” is well-known for a reason; since the beginning of time, people have skewed facts to make themselves appear better.

No information — official, corporate, government, conspiracy theory or otherwise — should be taken at face value. Everyone has an agenda and will try to force it upon others.

Rise Up

Sheryl Atkinson is an endangered species–a real investigative reporter. If you haven’t read her story of how her personal computer and home invasion over her reporting of Benghazi, it’s compelling.

fear & loathing

sheryl could have given global warming the same critic

Dr. Conspiracy

It’s great to keep your eyes open and consider the source; however, the wholesale disbelief of all credible sources, is a license to believe whatever rubs your prejudices the right way. There are real crackpots out there and not all information is of equal quality.

I believe that the link between childhood vaccines and autism (that Atkisson cites as an example of false debunking) is very strong real debunking,. Also the example of the author who tried to change his own Wikipedia article running into resistance is not something we should be disturbed by–the same criteria (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research) prevents a drug company from citing their own internal report on the efficacy of their drug. o Atkisson changing the Wikipedia article on herself to bolster her claim that somebody hacked her computer.

Dr. Conspiracy

Atkisson never gave any evidence that could be independently verified that her computer was hacked. The video didn’t look like any hacking I ever saw, and it conveniently didn’t show the backspace key on the keyboard.

Kevin Vicklund
Kevin Vicklund

Atkisson’s purported hacking of her computer exactly mimicked what happens when the Backspace gets stuck. Happened to me once, fortunately I was able to unjam it before I lost much more than a page or so. It is much more likely that she experienced a temporary keyboard failure than a secret government cyber attack.

Stucky

“Atkisson’s purported hacking of her computer exactly mimicked what happens when the Backspace gets stuck.” ———— Kevin Vicklund

How totally weird that some similar happen to me …………. today.

About 11AM this morning Ms Freud tells me she can’t type anything in her computer. Jeez.

I go to her office …. sure enough …… she has a Word doc open and the ‘puter is typing the letter “p” like crazy. Can’t interrupt it. Can’t open/run ANY program that requires user input. For example, in g**gle the search box automatically populates with “p”. Basically, I can’t do shit … not even get into Control Panel.

I run a full system scan with Adaware, Malwarebytes, and Avast … I have the full paid product … each finds a few infected files … about 20 in all … all were deleted or quarantined. No fucken change. I physically remove the “p” key, clean it with compressed air. No fucken change. WTF? We’re getting ready to take it to a computer repair place … maybe I need a new keyboard.

Then I try one more thing. Shut it down. Remove the power adapter … AND remove the battery. About an hour later, I put the battery back in, start it up and voilla ….. problem FIXED!! Amazing. Ms Freud thinks I walk on water now. Really, she said so, heh

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