Under populism the feeling is very strong that they work for us — and they answer to us. And with these mainstream administrations — whether it’s Obama, Biden, George W. Bush, … — it’s like: well, the wise men are running the government, so we need to sit by quietly and let them do their important work.
John Kiriakou , Joe Rogan Experience #2392 , 2:13:05 – 2:13:38 (image clipped @ 2:12:40)
When you round up all the “gang-members” — right? — and you fly them to El Salvador …
JRE 2324 Amanda Knox [ 37:30 – 37:38 ]
See also “Delayed Information” [ https://socio.business.blog/2025/02/16/delayed-information ]
In other words: alternative is the new mainstream 😉
image source: Chris Cillizza video w/ Claire Atkinson “How the mainstream media screwed itself” (24:01) quote source ibid, (57:28 – 57:37)
Keywords: Journalists , Scientists
It probably matters whose opinion someone pays attention to:
If you open, say, a mainstream newspaper back in the day, [and] you go to the opinions section (like I’m an opinion writer), you’ll read …
https://www.jrepodcast.com/episode/joe-rogan-experience-2082-dr-debra-soh [ca. 1:29:10 – 1:29:25]
— yes: you’ll read something. You might agree or disagree with it, but the real question is: is it mainstream or is it echo chamber?
I generally don’t expose myself a lot in public. I prefer to express myself, thank you very much.
Keywords: News
The problem is: This hits the independents hardest.
This Week in Tech 784 “Karsten Has Pictures” [1:10:03 – 1:10:06 ; Entire Segment “Google demonetizes TechDirt for dangerous or derogatory content- WTF?” 58:27 – 1:11:14]
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