Reply #229: I was discussing this and related topics

[Occulus]

basically, a conversation form of the main points of this thread, tonight with a coworker. She's in her fifties, I think, and had quite the stories about what the media does and does not talk about.

People, this has been going on for half a century at least, and probably a LOT longer than that. Basically, I'm thinking it's been total and absolute complacency since the invention of television itself in the belief that what's being shown is true, but the denial of the idea that it (and thus, we) can easily be controlled as a populace by the people who put on the show.

I'm amazed at the width and breadth of this conversation, as well as this thread. I and others have called this the "DU master class," and I think that's very apt. When I left for work there were something like 150 posts; it's almost doubled in six hours. This could, perhaps, be the single most important thread I've ever seen since I've been here.

Keep up the good work, people, and keep fighting the good fight.