Happy you brought this newspaper man to my attention. Be.Your.Own.Media. Develop curiosity. Question everything, especially authority. Remain curious. Remain sovereign.
The business model of the corporate media couldn't be more clear. Yet the people who are the product continually flatter themselves on their perspicacity. Many of them are aware of comparable exploitation dynamics and rightly object to them. Their blind spot, however, is their own position. I've long found that fascinating. The "good education" hypothesis seems like the best bet. It includes acculturation to career-friendly conformism and socialization within a career-friendly cohort. That's hard to break away from, not least because so many of the people in that milieu are really nice, helpful, kind, smart, caring—with an enormous blind spot, no way to even begin to understand it and excellent tools for denying it.
I've not read Stone, sadly, but I have read H.L. Mencken and many of his astute observations. Where are the women/men like these today? Peace, and Good Wishes, The Ol' Hippy
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Happy you brought this newspaper man to my attention. Be.Your.Own.Media. Develop curiosity. Question everything, especially authority. Remain curious. Remain sovereign.
Yes! to all of that, Celeste! 💕
The business model of the corporate media couldn't be more clear. Yet the people who are the product continually flatter themselves on their perspicacity. Many of them are aware of comparable exploitation dynamics and rightly object to them. Their blind spot, however, is their own position. I've long found that fascinating. The "good education" hypothesis seems like the best bet. It includes acculturation to career-friendly conformism and socialization within a career-friendly cohort. That's hard to break away from, not least because so many of the people in that milieu are really nice, helpful, kind, smart, caring—with an enormous blind spot, no way to even begin to understand it and excellent tools for denying it.
* mic drop *
Super cool info. Thank you! Izzy Stone "rocks!" ;)
Thank you! 🙂 There are trailblazers and role models out there once we push past the "official" histories.
So grateful for all of 'em, known and unknown!
Likewise!
How do you distinguish a genuine journalist in 2022? They have to beg for money from the public.
I've not read Stone, sadly, but I have read H.L. Mencken and many of his astute observations. Where are the women/men like these today? Peace, and Good Wishes, The Ol' Hippy
Merry I.F. Stone Day !
On Zhat Day !
Hooray !
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