An interesting fellow by the name of Jason Horsley has some observations about Brock, CTR, and PizzaGate over at his blog:
David Brock and Correct the Record played a central role in a massive and long-term covert campaign of perception management that spans both Republican and Democratic parties. It involves the “infiltration” of 4chan and the illegitimate use of more mainstream social networking sites (reddit, twitter) in order to redirect and undermine public political debate, polarize opinion, and help “populate and co-opt” an alt-“Alt-right” movement to be associated with racism, misogyny, fascism, anti-Semitism, conspiracy theories, and “fake news.” Many of the agendas, and even players, involved in this can now be seen to congregate in or around the viral memeplex known as “Pizzagate.”
Those are the specifics; the general “thesis” (or question) is something like: to what degree has our ability to engage in meaningful conversation around political and social reality been sabotaged by Brock’s relentless spin campaign, and the larger, more ancient tradition of mass-obfuscation which it upholds and exemplifies? And how can we see the results of that in our daily activities, on and offline?
More worth a read over here: https://auticulture.wordpress.com/2016/12/04/david-brock-invasion-4chan-the-alt-right-pizzagate/
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badastrid ago
We are all brainwashed to a degree by the media we ingest. It's important to break down one's internal biases while actually doing the homework. If something makes you uncomfortable, ask yourself why. Ask yourself if you could possibly be wrong. Find media outlets that you trust, but be wary of confirmation bias. Nobody is right about everything. And what people DON'T say is often as important as what they do.