Rev Roger, Year of the Rat#13: That Old Black Magic.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

It has been said by wiser men than me that evil has its own attraction.  Any time there is chaos or economic failure, the idea of strong organization becomes very palatable to domesticated primates...So they turn to things like police forces wearing military-type uniforms, etc.  There's a certain magic in fascism, that appeals to people when times are rotten.

A good example is the ICE branch of the US Customs office, which is now part of DHS instead of the Treasury Department.  ICE officers do not wear the police-style uniforms worn by other federal policing agencies, but rather the "digital camoflage uniforms worn by the US Army.  There is, of course, no need for this uniform other than to give an intimidating, paramilitary appearance to the officers.

Germany did that, once.

Another thing people tend to do when times get rocky is to view dissenters as treasonous or at least "obstructionist".  The press, if not completely on board with the political leadership, is castigated and - if possible - silenced.

An example of this is today's removal of Keith Olbermann from the RNC convention coverage, as he objected to the airing of a 911-themed film shown at the convention.  To show part of such a clip is simply reporting...but to show the entire clip is essentially unpaid advertising for the party in question on the part of the network.  To show an entire speech is also responsible journalism, but an entire, packaged propaganda piece?

That goes beyond journalism, into "mouthpiece" territory.  And a captive and/or sycophantic media is an abomination...Indeed, our "free press" is merely an unofficial branch of the so-called "government".

I don't know about you, but it's time to start fucking with the media.

Or kill me.

[Chairman Risus]

Sounds like a good idea to me.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Sounds like a good idea to me.

Oh, yes.  We've DONE forums.

Now I want to go after Fox and MSNBC.  I want to hunt BIG GAME.

Anyone else interested?

[Golden Applesauce]

If you have a good enough plan, sure.



As far as the airing of that film goes, I'd say show it all (or at least enough of it,) and then have an objective discussion on why the republicans are trying to win the election with fear games.

[Requia ☣]

So much more MSNBC's "balance" 

[East Coast Hustle]

I'm down to HIMEOBS the media.

[Darth Cupcake]

I wouldn't know the first thing to do.

But I'd love to see it done.

If you'd like to help me understand what I could do, I'd be down.

[Janvier]

It has been said by wiser men than me that evil has its own attraction.  Any time there is chaos or economic failure, the idea of strong organization becomes very palatable to domesticated primates...So they turn to things like police forces wearing military-type uniforms, etc.  There's a certain magic in fascism, that appeals to people when times are rotten.

A good example is the ICE branch of the US Customs office, which is now part of DHS instead of the Treasury Department.  ICE officers do not wear the police-style uniforms worn by other federal policing agencies, but rather the "digital camoflage uniforms worn by the US Army.  There is, of course, no need for this uniform other than to give an intimidating, paramilitary appearance to the officers.

Germany did that, once.

Another thing people tend to do when times get rocky is to view dissenters as treasonous or at least "obstructionist".  The press, if not completely on board with the political leadership, is castigated and - if possible - silenced.

An example of this is today's removal of Keith Olbermann from the RNC convention coverage, as he objected to the airing of a 911-themed film shown at the convention.  To show part of such a clip is simply reporting...but to show the entire clip is essentially unpaid advertising for the party in question on the part of the network.  To show an entire speech is also responsible journalism, but an entire, packaged propaganda piece?

That goes beyond journalism, into "mouthpiece" territory.  And a captive and/or sycophantic media is an abomination...Indeed, our "free press" is merely an unofficial branch of the so-called "government".

I don't know about you, but it's time to start fucking with the media.

Or kill me.

Hear, Hear, Good Reverend Roger indeed.

I'm willing to help in any way I can, being situated in the Netherlands.
Goddess approves.

[fomenter]

mainstream media a worthy target !   

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

A worthy cause indeed!

Now, any ideas on how to pull it off?

[fomenter]

i am not a troll or very knowledgeable about the inner workings of media so this is just a idea...

get the media to report on how fail the other networks reporting is, start a flame war between networks,news papers etc.

if stories about how "NBC" is lame, didn't ask this tough question or kissed this politician's ass get a big enough play (it probably needs to be huge) and the other channels report it.

then similar stories get reported about how the network doing the reporting on "NBC's" lameness are equally lame etc.

-flame war ensues and reporters are forced to do a good job to avoid being called on there mistakes/biases

[Adios]

Name calling and shit slinging would just make us look like loonies and make the media look better. A well informed rebuttal campaign with all the facts that the media doesn't bother to relay would be a good start. Omission reporting is their greatest tool and it wouldn't be that difficult to refute it with the full stories.

Just thinking out loud.

[Janvier]

Name calling and shit slinging would just make us look like loonies and make the media look better. A well informed rebuttal campaign with all the facts that the media doesn't bother to relay would be a good start. Omission reporting is their greatest tool and it wouldn't be that difficult to refute it with the full stories.

Just thinking out loud.

Of course, you'd need someone who knows the full stories...

[fomenter]

getting substantial stories about the lack of substance in the competition's stories was what i had in mind , no real insight into how it could be done, the thin yellow line we don't report on there yellow journalism they don't report ours would need to be broken

[Richter]

know about you, but it's time to start fucking with the media.

Or kill me.

What did you have in mind?