If [the tweet] has “God, guns, and the American flag,” we assume it’s a Russian bot because who talks like that? Who talks about God?
-Twitter engineer in charge of direct messaging
The Rubin Report podcast episode Project Veritas & Lies in the Media (James O’Keefe Interview)
Project Veritas does undercover reporting with hidden cameras to get the truth from inside sources who risk their safety and livelihoods.
Obscuring the truth
Why does mainstream news only tell
One story
With one angle
Over and over again
Duplicating phrasing?
Can that be the whole story?
Even car accidents have multiple viewpoints; shouldn’t more nuanced topics and events have more than one perspective as well?
Why it matters
Parents, teachers, and influencers base our opinions and what we tell kids on what the media tells us. But our information is wrong if the media is
Biased
Inaccurate
Incomplete
What is true? What if the knowledge creators lie? And policy and legislation are based on the protected, perpetuated lie? What if authority figures defend the lie and attack anyone who asks questions?
Then, we are not teaching critical thinking or reasoning.
We are indoctrinating.
Preparing the next generations for fascist government rule
without
Representation
Freedom
Trust
Independence
leaving only
Fear
Despair
Hunger
Featured image by British Library on Flickr.
Thought Ripples by Wendi 