Reality TV Hits Rock Bottom

Friedman’s ideological indoctrination reflects the line of the NYT, which has relentlessly campaigned for the prosecution and expansion of the war in Afghanistan. It underscores the further march to the right of the American liberal establishment.

The 'objective' media center their coverage on the rich and powerful. Issues dear to the hearts (sic) of bankers in New York and Washington insiders dominate the news,' while stories about jobs, housing and consumer prices are few and far between.

'They' indoctrinate the masses with fear and hatred, always creating monsters [the Other] as the enemy. The general apathy, ignorance and exploitation add to the ease with which the people can be kept blind and deaf to what is going on around them.

Those controlling the information also control the people absorbing the information. The manufactured and controlled information on TV can be referred to as the signal and that constant signal shapes and guides the masses to their conclusions.

Right-wing propagandists use 'ideology' to describe 'islamofascism', communism, or 'authoritarian' regimes. These capitalist hacks infer that there is no such thing as an American ideology. As if capitalism weren't an ideology!

Contemporary psychology and psychiatry holds that therapeutic models of treatment of “maladjustment” attempt to change a individual so that he or she can function and adapt to society. But what if that society is essentially in many cases a madhouse?

Hollywood has been an essential weapon the arsenal of American imperialism, especially leading up to and after World War II. It played nearly as important a role as military and economic forces in bringing about allied victory during World War II.

Capitalism may be getting a bad rap in the mainstream media, but the values that nourish it are alive and well in the world of Disney. It's in the forefront of finding ways to capitalize on the $50 billion dollars spent by boys from 6 to 14.

We're in a bad state. US propaganda is swallowed wholesale as 'truth'. We're told to hate, so we do. It is like at the height of the Russian propaganda machine, when those poor Russians were lied to by their government on a daily basis.