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Sit down. I have something to tell you. And it's going to make you sad.
But it's also an opportunity you must take. And immediately.
It's this: People you love and respect are actually relying on legacy media brands for news and information.
Entirely.
Here's what to do. >
But it's also an opportunity you must take. And immediately.
It's this: People you love and respect are actually relying on legacy media brands for news and information.
Entirely.
Here's what to do. >
Do not engage in a frontal attack. Obviously, do not insult their intelligence - many of these people are in fact highly intelligent and accomplished.
They just literally do not know better. They are normal, trusting people. Americans like you and me. >
They just literally do not know better. They are normal, trusting people. Americans like you and me. >
Remember: It's not as if @nytimes @washingtonpost and @NBCNews @CNN announced, "We aren't doing what we did when you grew any more. We don't corroborate reporting, we don't seek both sides of a story, we don't print corrections. We work for one side now."
Didn't happen. >
Didn't happen. >
So you have to gently, respectfully ask, regarding a given news item, what they think about "X" or "Y" fact or report or video which goes against the Narrative. Just very respectfully.
They will, of course, be unaware of this fact, because they rely on legacy media brands. >
They will, of course, be unaware of this fact, because they rely on legacy media brands. >
If they are at all respectful toward your thinking or input, offer to send them what you have in mind.
It can't be something from @BreitbartNews or @JamesOKeefeIII or any "Alternative News" source. You're trying to break very, very entrenched habits here. >
It can't be something from @BreitbartNews or @JamesOKeefeIII or any "Alternative News" source. You're trying to break very, very entrenched habits here. >
The story is going to have to come from a media brand they trust and recognize that has just gone, likely for its own reasons, a teeny tiny bit outside the hive's Narrative lines.
Stories like this:
https://twitter.com/nydailynews/status/1272844339400630272?s=12 https://twitter.com/nydailynews/status/1272844339400630272
Stories like this:
https://twitter.com/nydailynews/status/1272844339400630272?s=12 https://twitter.com/nydailynews/status/1272844339400630272
Remember, you're not proving anything substantive with a link like this. You're making them aware that there's something that really happened that is remarkable, newsworthy, interesting - and that is not reported, or is buried, in the "newspaper of record," the @nytimes, etc. >
Here's another example of a story that was reported, but - believe it or not - smothered outside the extended circles of people reading these words right now: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/ap-count-4300-virus-patients-ny-nursing-homes-70825470
Again, you're thinking, pshaw, everyone knows this, but no.
YOUR NICE NORMAL FRIENDS WHO DEPEND ON GRAMPA'S "JOURNALISM" BRANDS DO NOT KNOW THIS.
Indeed, if they'd heard about it all, they only heard the @dnc version, to wit: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/23/politics/cuomo-new-york-nursing-homes-coronavirus-patients/index.html
YOUR NICE NORMAL FRIENDS WHO DEPEND ON GRAMPA'S "JOURNALISM" BRANDS DO NOT KNOW THIS.
Indeed, if they'd heard about it all, they only heard the @dnc version, to wit: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/23/politics/cuomo-new-york-nursing-homes-coronavirus-patients/index.html
That's ok. You still need to gently move them a degree or two away from the direction they're in now.
It's going to take a long time, but you need to keep a store of links to news reporting, video and other information from sources they already trust bookmarked for this. >
It's going to take a long time, but you need to keep a store of links to news reporting, video and other information from sources they already trust bookmarked for this. >
This is really important to do, because every day you are moving among people who are completely digesting a version of the facts affecting our world, our society and our politics that is no more or less than propaganda.
They really can't even imagine this. >
They really can't even imagine this. >
Most people in your office, for example, believe - in June of 2020 - that Trump actually "colluded" with Russia; that Mueller proved this; that newspapers got well-deserved Pulitzer prizes for helping reveal this; AND THAT HE WAS IMPEACHED FOR THIS!! >
They don't really know exactly what the difference is between Ukraine and Russia, because when they grew up (as when I grew up), Ukraine was part of Russia.
They just know that the Democrats, who they know care about people, said this over and over, and also the papers did. >
They just know that the Democrats, who they know care about people, said this over and over, and also the papers did. >
And they understand that the only reason Trump was not removed from office "after Mueller impeached him for Russia" was partisanship on the part of Republicans in the Senate, except for that hero Romney.
They have no idea what a travesty of a proceeding the impeachment was. >
They have no idea what a travesty of a proceeding the impeachment was. >
I am trying to get across nothing more than a fresh appreciation for the utter disconnection between the mental landscape of your perfectly fine friends and neighbors and people who actually follow current events.
They have been lied to repeatedly by institutions they trust. >
They have been lied to repeatedly by institutions they trust. >
If you don't do this, the loss will not only be theirs, and their votes and political support in coming elections.
The Left is engaged in a wholesale effort to rend this country apart in order to avoid the reelection of @realDonaldTrump this year. Nothing is off the table.>
The Left is engaged in a wholesale effort to rend this country apart in order to avoid the reelection of @realDonaldTrump this year. Nothing is off the table.>
Included in "nothing" (in fact, way up on the list) is separating people who, like you, understand what has happened and what is happening, from your friends, families and co-workers.
You are absolutely being targeted for this purpose. The goal is to make you a pariah. >
You are absolutely being targeted for this purpose. The goal is to make you a pariah. >
If they can get you fired or get your clients or advertisers or employees or vendors to stop doing business with you by threatening their livelihoods or safety on the premise that you are a "racist" or a "fascist" or whatever next week's "ist" is, it will happen. It will. >
