In a recent op-ed published by Religion News Service, Protect Democracy policy advocate Chris Crawford argues that "most religious doctrines do not require an embrace of democracy. But in today's world, authoritarians are attempting to do the opposite — to recruit communities of faith to undermine d...
    • TokenBoomer@lemmy.worldOP
      17·
      1 year ago

      Ouch, I got a paper cut from how edgy you are. Please don’t trust me. Research it yourself. News is filtered from the state Department PR to news wires. Then disseminated to news organizations. I’ve seen Producers and Editors change headlines and copy to better fit a narrative and not get flak from corporate. Watch this and tell me I’m lying 🤥

      • ShunkW@lemmy.world
        5·
        1 year ago

        Ah yes, all news comes from the state department. Every single bit. Did they send you your tinfoil hat too? You’re an absolute conspiracy theorist trying to pass yourself off as anything knowledgeable.

        Edit: prove yourself. Doxx yourself and show us your credentials. Otherwise you’re just another dipshit trying to frame ALL news as propaganda.

        • TokenBoomer@lemmy.worldOP
          14·
          1 year ago

          I didn’t mean to imply that all news is from the state department. All government departments have Public Relations. For whom? The CIA. The State Dept.. This is how it works .

          They cannot afford to have reporters and cameras at all places where important stories may break. Economics dictates that they concentrate their resources where significant news often occurs, where important rumors and leaks abound, and where regular press conferences are held. The White House, the Pentagon, and the State Department, in Washington, D.C., are central nodes of such news activity.

          Newsworkers are predisposed to treat bureaucratic accounts as factual because news personnel participate in upholding a normative order of authorized knowers in the society. Reporters operate with the attitude that officials ought to know what it is their job to know…. In particular, a newsworker will recognize an official’s claim to knowledge not merely as a claim, but as a credible, competent piece of knowledge. This amounts to a moral division of labor: officials have and give the facts; reporters merely get them.

          Maybe a trusted news source can explain it better than me.

          Source: the crack pipe I just smoked!

          • ShunkW@lemmy.world
            4·
            1 year ago

            Trusted news source is a random user on medium where literally anyone can post? Lol. Again, if you have credentials to back up your knowledge, show us.

            • TokenBoomer@lemmy.worldOP
              14·
              1 year ago

              And Noam Chomsky? Does his opinion not matter? I’m nobody. I’m just a monkey with internet who can read. Even if you don’t think what I said is 💯. The fact that it may be true is worth considering.