Mainstream Media Vs the culture of resuuuuurch.
AlfredWallace wrote:
And he once stated that his favourite Midnight Oil song was ‘Beds Are Burning’, the most gross comment he’s ever made, he wouldn’t know shit about the context of that song.
I think he was reminiscing about his love life when he made that statement.
Lyrics are funny as i kid i never really understood or thought to much of the Oils lyric's to me they painted more just a picture and feel of Australia and they were my fav band until i got into indie/alternative stuff in the late 80s.
I still really like the Oils music (up to Blue Sky) but i when i actually listen and think about what some of the lyrics are now, some of it is very cheesy and super cringey. (i now know why my parents and others said certain things)
Thankfully i tend to like the albums that are less full on and kinda more subtle like Head Injuries, Place Without a Postcard, although 10 to 1 & Diesel and Dust are still great albums.
Song lyrics, love em. Modern poetry, speaks to the heart.
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garyg1412 wrote:
And he once stated that his favourite Midnight Oil song was ‘Beds Are Burning’, the most gross comment he’s ever made, he wouldn’t know shit about the context of that song.I think he was reminiscing about his love life when he made that statement.
Garyg1412 . Jeez, i nearly choked on my sanga when i read your reply. Gross image came and went.
Just had the vision of one of those little hospital type lift aids, picking up little Johnny in his amorous harness and lowering him down onto his wife for a bit of ‘cop u later’ type action, yuck, gross, spew. My brother once cornered and surprised John Howard at a rally when his cohort tried to do the ‘we are coming through the front door’ when actually they we’re entering via the rear door of a complex, he had him one for one a metre apart and simply said to him, you are a total scumbag, Howard paused, said nothing and ran for cover. AW
"It takes a practised eye and an especially canny nose to sniff the bullshit and spin before it reaches you, but you can help vaccinate yourself against it by asking a few core questions:
Why is this story an “exclusive”? Who gave it to them and why?
Why is this story here at this time?
Have the photos I’m seeing been posed for?
Has the vision I’m watching been posed for?
Do the questions being asked sound unnatural, overly sweet or planted?
Is this a real story built organically or has it been puffed-up and created out of very little?
And, of course, the greatest bullshit detector question of all time:
Whose interests does this story serve?
Because if you practice sniffing and testing and interrogating every piece of information you consume every day, you make the job of the spinmeisters harder. You create an intelligent audience that demands content that is produced honestly and authentically. And for once dear reader, that isn’t bullshit and spin."
You can get banned, it's the online equivalent of broke campers pissing on an on duty cop car to get a free ride off Rottnest at leavers back in the day
Mario Speedwagon wrote:
"It takes a practised eye and an especially canny nose to sniff the bullshit and spin before it reaches you, but you can help vaccinate yourself against it by asking a few core questions:
Why is this story an “exclusive”? Who gave it to them and why?
Why is this story here at this time?
Have the photos I’m seeing been posed for?
Has the vision I’m watching been posed for?
Do the questions being asked sound unnatural, overly sweet or planted?
Is this a real story built organically or has it been puffed-up and created out of very little?
And, of course, the greatest bullshit detector question of all time:
Whose interests does this story serve?
Because if you practice sniffing and testing and interrogating every piece of information you consume every day, you make the job of the spinmeisters harder. You create an intelligent audience that demands content that is produced honestly and authentically. And for once dear reader, that isn’t bullshit and spin."
A bit like that Lou Reed song:
Don't believe half of what you see and none of what you hear
It's like what my painter friend Donald said to me
"Stick a fork in their ass and turn 'em over, they're done"
Laura Tingle and aliens at the ABC https://independentaustralia.net/business/business-display/laura-tingle…
Just browsing the online shitrag that is News.com today and came across this article on the Queen and how it was portrayed she was using Ivermectin, when according to the article she wasn't. Note the language used..particularly the use of the word 'dangerous'.
https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/current-affairs/channel-9-apol…
Then i looked up an article about Ivermectin pre Covid and found this one...
https://www.isglobal.org/en/healthisglobal/-/custom-blog-portlet/iverme…
Note the line: "Because of its excellent safety profile and broad spectrum of activity, ivermectin is catalogued by the World Health Organisation as an essential medicine and is regarded by many as a "magic bullet" for global health."
Alot of talk on these forums lately is about trusting the science, listening to the experts, most of which use the big media giants as their platforms to broadcast information. If you choose to question what is pumped out adnauseum to you these days you're labelled a tin foil hatter, a conspiracy theorist and accused of posting misinformation.
I just wonder what other peoples thoughts are on the media narrative as opposed to doing your own research. I once trusted the media alot more, however in this day and age, when we have soooo much information available at the touch of a keypad, some false, some verifiable, it's hard to trust the media when you can easily catch them out in blatant lies, or at the very least, misleading the public as shown above.
Anyway, that's my thoughts. Wondering on others. Just gonna read, not going to chirp in on this one.