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davel , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to gaming in New York Times Simulator Is A Gripping Exploration Of Modern Media Pitfalls

It’s a game about navigating the mission of publishing “all the news that’s fit to print” when your key demographic may not want to hear that news, or may want it softened or ideologically slanted for their comfort.

Yeah that’s not really what NYT editor Joseph Kahn or any of the other members of the Council of Foreign Relations are trying to do.

davel , 3 months ago to asklemmy in Looking for indoor security camera recommendation

This isn’t really a c/asklemmy question. Please use a more appropriate comm next time.

davel , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to fediverse in Fedi Garden to Instance Admins: "Block Threads to Remain Listed"

I’m not going to take the time to dispel your presumptions nor explain myself, my motivations, or this Lemmy instance. I’ll just say that I’m not convening a grand jury trial and constitutional convention because one new user (who on first impression is giving Western chauvinism vibes) had one negative interaction with one Global South socialist who has been here over four times longer than me.

Edit to add: Again, please note that this is not an explicitly socialist instance. I won’t elaborate as to why, but it’s no more by accident than the explicitly socialist ones. What is lemmy.ml?

davel , 3 months ago to worldnews in Paris Mayor Says Russian, Belarusian Athletes 'Not Welcome' At Olympics

Maybe I see what you’re getting at, though I’m not entirely sure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_exceptionalism is a civil religion that conveniently supports bourgeois Americans and their imperialist interests.

davel , 3 months ago to worldnews in Paris Mayor Says Russian, Belarusian Athletes 'Not Welcome' At Olympics

The metaphor you’re constructing seems to be one part forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge and one part bad apples, and I don’t quite follow.

The general population doesn’t know what’s happening, and it doesn’t even know that it doesn’t know. — Noam Chomsky

Most people don’t know they’re being propagandized in the first place, so it doesn’t occur to them to see past it. And of those who do notice, most don’t have the time, energy, skill set, and inclination to dig out the truth. It’s not impossible, but it is a lot of work. The information is accessible, but corporate media generally aren’t going to provide it.

davel , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to worldnews in Paris Mayor Says Russian, Belarusian Athletes 'Not Welcome' At Olympics

I know you’re in no position to call it a firehose of falsehood, because I knew you were never actually going to read any of it.

But if you want to understand how the Five Eyes governments and corporate media propaganda work, I’ve got a firehose of facts for that as well. The inner workings of corporate media were explained about forty years ago in Inventing Reality and Manufacturing Consent.
A five minute introductory video: Noam Chomsky - The 5 Filters of the Mass Media Machine

Bonus rounds:

• lemmy.ml/comment/9491313
• redsails.org/masses-elites-and-rebels/

davel , 3 months ago to fediverse in Fedi Garden to Instance Admins: "Block Threads to Remain Listed"

Okay, let me know how this passive-aggressive pressure tactic works out, person who just just got here. I’ve given you my answer.

davel , 3 months ago to asklemmy in Does anyone know of any free-speech oriented Lemmy instances?

The Lemmy instance that you run yourself?

Free speech absolutist social media always seem to get overrun with fascists, and no one knows why.
Oh wait, we do know why.

davel , 3 months ago to worldnews in Israeli airstrike destroys Iran's consular building in Damascus, killing several

America’s unsinkable aircraft carrier in West Asia.

davel , 3 months ago to worldnews in Paris Mayor Says Russian, Belarusian Athletes 'Not Welcome' At Olympics

Oh, it’s gish gallop time? I’ve seen better: lemmy.ml/comment/9325173

davel , 3 months ago to worldnews in ‘60 Minutes’ Links "Havana Syndrome Victim" to Alleged Russian Spy

…that would be impossible to detect even through years of investigation by the world’s most powerful nation with the most sophisticated technologies 🤡

davel , 3 months ago to worldnews in ‘60 Minutes’ Links "Havana Syndrome Victim" to Alleged Russian Spy

Apparently they devoted today’s entire episode to this clown show.

davel , 3 months ago to fediverse in Fedi Garden to Instance Admins: "Block Threads to Remain Listed"

There is a spectre haunting Lemmy hexbear-specter

davel , 3 months ago to fediverse in Fedi Garden to Instance Admins: "Block Threads to Remain Listed"

He’s gotten some temporary bans as well as post/comment removals. Omega_haxor is right about hexbear: it’s explicitly socialist, unlike lemmy.ml, and it’s even more explicitly supportive / aggressively protective of the trans community. Several of the largest instances have defederated from hexbear, so for better or worse, access is more limited.

davel , 3 months ago to fediverse in Fedi Garden to Instance Admins: "Block Threads to Remain Listed"

We aggressively remove transphobic/transmisic posts/comments on lemmy.ml. Please report any that you see. But understand that we don’t control the content of other Lemmy instances, so when you select “All” instead of “Subscribed” or “Local,” it’s the wild west.