“As long as the mainstream media continues to zip their lips about the crimes of the Left-wing Industrial Complex (which they are a large part of), the majority of Americans will remain blissfully unaware of the advanced rot in our government.”
I’ve said the same thing, but I am starting to think otherwise. The media could say whatever they want and declare it to be so for a long time. Alternative outlets are starting to be heard. Even if largely ridiculed, they are becoming known entities. Trump is twittering the MSM into uncontrolled fits of childish anger that all but the most demented leftist eventually see through. Their sun is setting and the desperation is showing.
“Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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Jeff Sessions said he wouldn’t allow politics to influence him only because he doesn’t understand what is happening underneath his command position. Highly conflicted Bob Mueller and his gang of 17 Angry Dems are having a field day as real corruption goes untouched. No Collusion!”
Big Data is now thoroughly interwoven with the mainstream media. So much so, that the players are indistinguishable from one another.
Essentially, the information gatekeepers have finally figured out how to regain their former level of control over what most Americans see, hear, and read.
No, they haven't quite managed to shut down the rebel purveyors of free and honest information, but they most definitely have perfected the means to muscle them off the major highways, and into the back streets and alleys of the internet, where most people will never see them.
Demonetizing, shadow banning, ranking manipulation, search engine tampering, redirects, and heavy handed, arbitrary TOS punishments -- these are just a few of the weapons Big Data is using to squelch voices on the right, and maintain their control over public awareness and perception.