As was recently publicly explained by a US Congressman at the center of the Fake News eruption in Washington DC, “The US Media complex no longer exists”. It’s now a complete propaganda puppet show. Just talking heads full of mush driven by political agenda. (One of the main men on NBC does not even have a college degree, several locals don’t). AND the political agenda in Boise is?? to never question the actions of the military. Thus we get nothing if military is doing something of concern.

Notice any young hungry local journalists who manage to produce something newsworthy but pressing of politicos are quickly reformed, or no longer get good assignments. One of the biggest meatheads (painful to listen to him he sucks so badly) on local TV is routinely given the best stories because he is a reliable propagandist. Further, many a securely employed journalist across the nation finds it necessary to blog just to get the word out, thus the rise of independent outlets like The Guardian. Next step is to take the internet away from The Guardian.

I fear for our nation. The media is the only group with the power to keep the politico in check. Without it we will quickly evolve into oligarchy. Some would point to Team Dave and say we are already there.

Since I posted this “Public Notice” about Urban CAS proposal on a community facebook page, my personal computer has been attacked, and internet service to it was cut off. Another computer reported a port attack this morning.

Here is what I want to post now, from MicroWiki:
A Military dictatorship is a system of government within which the state is synonymous with the military, usually due to the Chief of Staff serving as the Head of State or otherwise the most powerful figure in the government. A common variation of a military dictatorship is a military junta, where a number of renowned Generals or other senior military figures rule as a committee. Such a junta may function as a legislative and executive body, as an executive body or purely as the cabinet of ministers for the dictator.

We are getting pretty close to some sort of Military Dictatorship.

On a related note:

Rumor has it that the mayor is running someone to oust Rep. John Gannon from his Dist. 17 House seat because he openly opposed basing the F-35 here.

I do not know about Mayor Bieter, but ACHD office was closed for a couple of days, and it made no difference in our quality of life.
I wish all ACHD trucks and roadwork disappeared for a couple of days!

Why hasn’t the corporate media reported that every BIG terrorist event or school mass shooting was a scheduled government “Drill”?

9/11 was scheduled well in advance to be a “terrorism preparedness drill” where planes flew into the Twin Towers, but somehow it became the “real” thing. Sandy Hook, as well as all the other big school mass shootings, were supposed to be “active shooter drills”, but somehow the corporate media never “discovered” that little fact.

Why does the corporate media report every little crime by the poor people, but ignore the millionaire/billionaire crimes?

Why does the corporate media rehash the same old formula of crime, fires, airplane crashes, sports and weather, while the office of the USA President has acquired the right to strip Americans of the citizenship, possessions, or kill them with no due process?
Our media is now in the hands of 5 corporations and our elections are completely fraudulent, but no mention of that at all.
Why has the corporate media been hyping the Russion Meddling story for nearly 2 years with no evidence of meddling, while America is always meddling in foreign elections?
Our corporate media is a fraud, our politicians and bankers are criminals, and our Global Empire is destroying the planet. Welcome 1984/Brave New World, American style.

False Flag Concept: Bob, you give far too much credit to the false flag concept. You are seeing incompetence not conspiracy. Consistent persistent conspiracy is very very difficult to pull off. It’s obvious leadership incompetence in the recent Florida school event. Violent armed crazy kid was served up on silver platter SEVERAL TIMES and they somehow missed it. A competent media would straighten up this problem.

Today’s Media: The most incompetent of all is the American Public for not only tolerating the useless media; we are paying more than ever to consume it. Just remember Bob, giving accurate useful news is not the goal, the goal is to have you exposed to the advertisements. Twenty something hottie reporter in yoga pants? Who cares the content. Any amount of inexpensive inaccurate bullcrap to suck you in so you will also see the ads is the objective. All media has become a trashy tabloid. The most important thing happening in any newsroom is the expensive commercial for pills or used cars or HVAC services etc.

Matrix, Show us some of these papers you speak of. Links to them on Google Scholar or similar public access site please.

Simple conspiracy such as Gulf of Tonkin is easy to do, but not the complicated repeated spanning-decades murderous events Bob’s talking about.

We agree. I call the media ‘incompetent’ because in general they have strayed so far from their ethical/moral role as guardians of truth justice and the American way. I agree there is indeed a conspiracy directing MSM today. It’s why this blog exists. Similar agendas are directing our education system and are deeply rooted in government employee ranks. The recent hijacking of our health care insurance is clear evidence. Many claim it is the subversive communist agenda. Bernie Sanders probably would have beat Trump. That’s how close we are to tipping over.

However, I do not accept the excuses you make for the average American not paying attention. They are not without education. They are not working 18 hours a day 7 days a week. Even the homeless have an iPhone. Average Americans live better than any group of people in the history of the world. We/They are suffering from nothing more than apathy. Too comfortable perhaps? The greatest source of stress for Americans today is what is called Status Anxiety (Alain de Botton). Status anxiety is a companion of our substantial liberty. The liberties enjoyed by the common man today are novel in the history of humanity. Many deal with this anxiety by allowing others to choose their path in a return to the old ways (Bernie voters). Look what the Russian commoners did with their new liberties over the past 30 years. Some excelled but many long for the days when they didn’t have the think so much and ate rat soup.

Here you go “wrong”. Probably the most famous deconstruction of the corporate media…

Noam Chomsky’s, What Makes the Mainstream Media Mainstream. https://chomsky.info/199710__/

This paper brilliantly lays out exactly how nearly every media outlet in the entire country can brainwash the population in perfect lockstep. Once you read of few of Chomsky’s papers you realize that nearly everything you thought you knew about events in America is just dead wrong. You know as “fact” what the Oligarchs want you to think.

“Wrong”, two words: Operation Northwoods.

The planned, but never executed, 1962 Operation Northwoods plot by the U.S. Department of Defense for a war with Cuba involved scenarios such as fabricating the hijacking or shooting down of passenger and military planes, sinking a U.S. ship in the vicinity of Cuba, burning crops, sinking a boat filled with Cuban refugees, attacks by alleged Cuban infiltrators inside the United States, and harassment of U.S. aircraft and shipping and the destruction of aerial drones by aircraft disguised as Cuban MiGs.

These actions would be blamed on Cuba, and would be a pretext for an invasion of Cuba and the overthrow of Fidel Castro’s communist government.

It was authored by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but then rejected by President John F. Kennedy.

The surprise discovery of the documents relating to Operation Northwoods was a result of the comprehensive search for records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy by the Assassination Records Review Board in the mid-1990s.

Information about Operation Northwoods was later publicized by James Bamford.

Hmmm… Sounds kind of 9/11ish to me.

Also, the “Bloviator”, as you call Noam Chomsky…

“…an American linguist, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes described as “the father of modern linguistics,” Chomsky is also one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He is the author of over 100 books on topics such as linguistics, war, politics, and mass media. Ideologically, he aligns with anarcho-syndicalism and libertarian socialism. He holds a joint appointment as Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and laureate professor at the University of Arizona.[22][23]” Wikipedia

EDITOR NOTE–How about moving on to current posts guys.