As a long time Frontline, NOVA and News Hour watcher: Fuck these people. They're literally killing some of the best investigative and science journalism we have. They're clearly just trying to make this country dumber under the guise of cleaning up the budget.
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Nazi Germany, Russia, Hungary, Hong Kong...
We are in step one in a long-storied process of what Russia has termed "political technology." Seizing control of the information space is the number one priority for a new authoritarian regime, and that is because it works. And why does it work even though we think we can spot propaganda?
People won't necessarily believe overt propaganda, but their perception of possibilities is also shaped more than they think by what they don't hear. For example, Trump fired the person responsible for job numbers reporting yesterday. When Trump's fake replacement job numbers come out, people won't believe them, but they also will lack exposure to the real, negative data, overall reducing the legitimate, verifiable grounds for pessimism.
And that is the point of these moves. Eventually, the vibe voters and even moderate-information voters will reflect the effect of not hearing real negative news, even if they think they are savvy and can spot affirmative propaganda. Like in modern Russia, Trump's (and his eventual successor's - by choice or by death) support will actually organically grow, in addition to other plans they may have in the works to stay in power (like continued vote suppression, or inevitable and eventually, outright fraud).
I wish there was a way to easily break out of this.
Same!
Even worse: They're going to start creating 2 separate astroturfed campaigns to sell competing ideas, that both actually work in their favor. Which gives the illusion of choice to the uninformed public who lack all of the real context, like you mentioned. You're seeing it right now in the Republican Party over the whole Epstein Files issue. Half of them pretending to be outraged and the other half making excuses for Trump. When all of them are really just watering the issue down, and buying time while he continues to buttfuck the country.
It's a basic post-Soviet, Russian Propaganda tactic. And it's a shame we (the American people) never learned to spot it.
It’s a basic post-Soviet, Russian Propaganda tactic. And it’s a shame we (the American people) never learned to spot it.
Why would we waste time learning about Russian propaganda when It Can't Happen Here™.
The US is speeding full throttle into darkness.
We're already there.
It can and will get much, much worse. We've seen it happen before.
Bunch of goddamn cowards
Fuck the GOP and anyone who supports them.
The GOP has finally succeeded in murdering I've if the few naritive channels that didn't bend to their control, one that had a moderating voice in their most brainwashed rural voter base. Also they hate children but that's no surprise. RIP Sesame Street.
HBO has owned Sesame Street for a few years now.
Republicans are a cancer.
The Trump administration has also filed a lawsuit against three CPB board members who refused to leave their positions despite the president’s attempts to remove them.
As if all this wasn't despicable enough already. They are really set on being Public Enemy #1. I hope justice will catch up with them long before they die of old age. Any kind of justice will do: poetic, divine, mob...
At this point I'm hoping for mob...
Divine mob? Bring back the Greek pantheon!
His only policy is to destroy anything that isn't blindly Republican.
He doesn't care republican or democrat... if it's not blindly HIM, it's when he has a problem
Just as Putin asked...
Start thinking of ways to build even better versions of things being destroyed that are even more decentralized.
If you won't be building it, spread the idea.
It might be your new job when your current one gets done by AI anyway. Maybe we all have way more time to replace this one with ten more.
Trump is why America can't have nice things
Wonder who’ll buy the IP of Sesame Street when it goes to auction, and how they’ll enshittify it.
Big Bird will become very hardcore Christian.
Snuffleupagus will be used as a scapegoat for wokeness and all on the show will just put him down and say why he’s wrong.
Burt and Ernie will just be killed off because they’re woke or they become Tate bros.
Oscar the Grouch will be the new spokesperson for mega corps and he will advocate for trash everywhere being normal and a sign of great wealth.
Elmo will be turned from red to orange and just spout off talking points for Rs.
Abby will get a Mar A Lago makeover and always be behind some male character and using agreeing phrases like a rap hype man.
The Count will be a villain who is mad because tariffs work on his country so he’s always trying to destroy Sesame Street.
Cookie Monster and Grover will be talking about the greatness of ICE (Imminent Cookie Enforcers) and reporting your neighbors. They will constantly be arresting the brown puppets that are trying to take cookies from the real kids on the show.
All the real kids will be white.
sesame Street was bought by HBO some time ago. So, AT&T owns big bird.
They just struck a worldwide streaming deal with Netflix. So my money's on them.
So they're doomed then.
Before their first exclusive season even finishes...
im so fuckin pissed GFY Trump and everyone in his administration
GOP: release the list? Nah! GOP: cancel all educational programs!
But let's spend HOW MUCH? on AI slop