There's always been censorship of unpopular opinions. We actually have much more freedom now because we can control where we look, and there is somewhere you can find the information. I've recently been considering moving my website offshore (Iceland), because censorship is alive and well everywhere, and it is going to get worse.
As the sources of information multiply, the efforts of people to control the flow of information will only increase.
The media, the liberals, and the conservatives have practiced this for decades.
For example: The Transpacific Partnership Agreement, arguably one of the most important pieces of legislation in the 21st century, is completely overshadowed by information about Bill Cosby, Donald Trump, and whatever actress is dressing most provocatively at the moment. The details of this partnership are not easy to find. Information about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting conservative groups is difficult to obtain; government agencies routinely ignore FOIA requests, and nobody hollers about it.
Glenn Greenwald appears to be one of the few people who actually notices this stuff. Many in the media just ignore the disinformation and the holes in the information supplied, and let it all happen.
I don't think it's going to change, and at some point in time, the searches will become more and more difficult. Most of the news organizations slant all their news the way they want the readers to think, or they specifically target readers who think like they do. I'm not sure which.
Francis Schaeffer (Christian author of the 20th century, Swiss) actually wrote about this in his series, "How Shall We then live?" Given the fact that these things have come to pass almost like he said, it's almost like he was a prophet. However, what he did was merely look at trends and extrapolate. He died in 1985, after a long career in Christian philosophy. What he predicted was scary. His position was that news organizations would at some point begin to manufacture their news by removing items that didn't suit their positions and would add in and emphasize information that agreed with them. That's always happened, but the ability to do it has multiplied almost infinitely because of the ability to manipulate photography and video, and selectively report stories that agree with their position.
We desperately need people like Mr. Snowden, but directed more at regular news stories that are mis-reported, underreported, or not reported at all.
Its not necessarily being in the know in as much as its in who controls. Knowing is fine but it ALWAYS comes back to that Golden Rule... He who has the gold rules. You better believe.
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schwanstucker ago
There's always been censorship of unpopular opinions. We actually have much more freedom now because we can control where we look, and there is somewhere you can find the information. I've recently been considering moving my website offshore (Iceland), because censorship is alive and well everywhere, and it is going to get worse.
As the sources of information multiply, the efforts of people to control the flow of information will only increase.
The media, the liberals, and the conservatives have practiced this for decades.
For example: The Transpacific Partnership Agreement, arguably one of the most important pieces of legislation in the 21st century, is completely overshadowed by information about Bill Cosby, Donald Trump, and whatever actress is dressing most provocatively at the moment. The details of this partnership are not easy to find. Information about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting conservative groups is difficult to obtain; government agencies routinely ignore FOIA requests, and nobody hollers about it. Glenn Greenwald appears to be one of the few people who actually notices this stuff. Many in the media just ignore the disinformation and the holes in the information supplied, and let it all happen. I don't think it's going to change, and at some point in time, the searches will become more and more difficult. Most of the news organizations slant all their news the way they want the readers to think, or they specifically target readers who think like they do. I'm not sure which. Francis Schaeffer (Christian author of the 20th century, Swiss) actually wrote about this in his series, "How Shall We then live?" Given the fact that these things have come to pass almost like he said, it's almost like he was a prophet. However, what he did was merely look at trends and extrapolate. He died in 1985, after a long career in Christian philosophy. What he predicted was scary. His position was that news organizations would at some point begin to manufacture their news by removing items that didn't suit their positions and would add in and emphasize information that agreed with them. That's always happened, but the ability to do it has multiplied almost infinitely because of the ability to manipulate photography and video, and selectively report stories that agree with their position. We desperately need people like Mr. Snowden, but directed more at regular news stories that are mis-reported, underreported, or not reported at all.
DoctorBuzzard ago
I'm looking thru the same window... Distraction manipulation, divide and conquer, Tell the Big Lie with a Madison avenue twist. We're so screwed.
schwanstucker ago
Maybe, but we have more information at our disposal now than ever before. That at least is good.
DoctorBuzzard ago
Its not necessarily being in the know in as much as its in who controls. Knowing is fine but it ALWAYS comes back to that Golden Rule... He who has the gold rules. You better believe.