tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312853715123370916.post8284279300714920563..comments2024-03-17T00:10:44.022+00:00Comments on From Arse To Elbow: The Rise and Fall of the Filter BubbleDavid Timoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03568348438980023320noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312853715123370916.post-14094250855642566452018-02-21T11:55:15.548+00:002018-02-21T11:55:15.548+00:00How much is the bigoted "gammon pound" a...How much is the bigoted "gammon pound" a case of the intersection between "angry enough to buy lots of newspapers" and "has enough spending power to be attractive to advertisers"?<br /><br />I suppose the second point is the reason why the Daily Mail and the Express are as rabidly pro-house-price-inflation as they are pro-Brexit (as many of the products they advertise to their boomer-dominated readership – cruises for example – are typically paid for by housing equity release).<br />George Cartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12170378024031141482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312853715123370916.post-70289899528608862832018-02-19T15:54:10.513+00:002018-02-19T15:54:10.513+00:00Most people who use the internet probably never ge...Most people who use the internet probably never get much beyond facebook or porn. Which is fine but don’t tell me that leads to more diverse views! <br /><br />The people who hunt out alternative news are already more politically conscious than the average passive consumer who make up the masses. One thing I personally get from the internet is that the biggest aspect of censorship and propaganda is not alternative facts or fake news but it is what they decide not to tell you. The BBC might not (I know it does) ever tell a lie in any of its broadcasts but would still be pure propaganda because of the things it decides to tell you and what it decides not to tell you. I often look at RT and see if the BBC or Sky has reported on something significant highlighted by RT and 99 times out of 100 they don’t and if they do the slant they take illustrates their propagandistic nature. The fact the mainstream media is pure censorship and propaganda quickly becomes apparent. Fake news and alternative facts are pure distractions from this truth as far as I am concerned. <br /><br />The one good thing is that between the censorship and propaganda of BBC, SKY, Press TV, CNN, RT etc you do get a wider picture of the issues. RT should be made compulsory viewing in all schools as far as I am concerned (come on Jezza show some balls). If you only ever get your news from the BBC then you can’t be anything other than stupid and ignorant - one of the passive consumers. And let’s face it we have had 60 years of that, so the question is will the establishment manage to get control of the internet and shut down all debate or will people be able to walk in the jungle alone? And if it is the latter what sort of people will replace the stupid and ignorant who have been fed on a diet of establishment censorship and propaganda for decades? <br /><br />Or will people never get beyond facebook and porn, and some annoying and sickening shite like the ice bucket challenge, that celebration of passive consumption will forever be the ceiling of mass action?<br /><br />Incidentally, don’t tell me reading the Sun and the Mail will lead to more diverse views. That is simply the same establishment message told in slightly different tones. The only difference I can see between the Sun and the mail is do you hate Muslims over a beer or a latte!<br />Herbie Destroys the Environmentnoreply@blogger.com