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Beware of those who question those who question authority
Steve Kirsch's Newsletter ^ | 17 December 2021 | Steve Kirsch

Posted on 12/17/2021 7:47:18 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

An excellent Ted talk by Sharyl Attkisson that was done 6 years ago explains how we got here and how you can tell when you are being manipulated.

Six years ago, Sharyl Attkisson gave an excellent TED talk entitled “Astroturf and manipulation of media messages.”

It explains precisely what is happening now including:

  1. why my reputation on Wikipedia went from hero to zero over a few days.

  2. how we are all being manipulated.

But most of all, at the very end, it explains the subtle clues that we are being manipulated. A key lesson: Beware of those who question people who question authority. In short, beware of those (such as Wikipedia, “fact checkers,” and doctors) who question people like myself, Robert Malone, Bret Weinstein, and others who question authority.

Watch it now. You’ll be amazed how relevant it is today, 6 years later.



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: attkisson; gaslighting; media; notanewsarticle; notanewssite; propaganda

1 posted on 12/17/2021 7:47:18 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I came of age in the late 70’s.

Watergate.

The fall of Saigon.

Three Mile Island.

I learned at just the right and ripe formative time that GOVERNMENT LIES.


2 posted on 12/17/2021 7:56:07 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: lightman

You were a little quicker than me. I changed from being a Democrat to a Republican in the very early 80’s. Now I have become a Conservative. My opinion of the Republican party has changed and that includes both Bush’s.


3 posted on 12/17/2021 8:00:50 PM PST by Parley Baer (go trump )
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To: lightman
I was about 13 years old when I was provided evidence of the conspiracy to murder JFK. In those days the Zapruder film was unavailable, but the recorded events, of things were on vinyl.

We had to go to the big Library near downtown Boston in order to listen to them. There was a lot of evidence that tore apart the conclusions of the ‘Warren Commission.’ That was my first awakening.

4 posted on 12/17/2021 8:02:26 PM PST by Radix (Politicians; the Law and the Profits. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Good stuff. Thanks!


5 posted on 12/17/2021 8:37:22 PM PST by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now! Desantis 2024!!!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’ve seen that talk.

I have enormous respect for Sharyl.


6 posted on 12/17/2021 9:40:09 PM PST by sauropod (Meanie Butt Daddy - No you can't)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

bookmark


7 posted on 12/18/2021 12:44:53 AM PST by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Love Sharyl! To think this was all before Totalitarian Covid . . ..


8 posted on 12/18/2021 12:50:45 AM PST by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: Parley Baer

Sounds like the path many of us traveled.


9 posted on 12/18/2021 3:50:13 AM PST by bigfootbob (ALL Biden VOTERS have BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS….Ann Archy)
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To: Radix

Would you be free to share some of the evidence that made you question the official narrative?


10 posted on 12/18/2021 7:05:14 AM PST by Madam Theophilus
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To: Madam Theophilus

The best book on the JFK assassination imho:

https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Killed-Kennedy-Against/dp/1629144894

Roger Stone is fearless and nails LBJ.


11 posted on 12/18/2021 7:08:03 AM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Don't question authority, y'know, because those who question authority are insurrectionists who undermine our democracy. /s

12 posted on 12/18/2021 8:09:39 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; Liz; poconopundit

ping


13 posted on 12/18/2021 10:35:38 AM PST by GOPJ (Soon as white liberal elites had THEIR STORES looted - they called for crime control...)
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To: lightman
“Never believe anything until it's been officially denied''.- Otto von Bismark.
14 posted on 12/18/2021 10:44:47 AM PST by jmacusa (America.Founded by geniuses. Now governed by idiots. )
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To: GOPJ; E. Pluribus Unum; V K Lee; Liz; HarleyLady27; rlmorel

Thanks for the heads up, GOPJ.

This is indeed a fabulous YouTube with Sharyl Atkinson.

We need a national law similar to the Freedom of Information Act and “Open Records Request” law we have in Georgia to promote transparency in the media.

I’m not sure the mechanism, but the most visited “facts” site on the internet should be required to post rebuttal information from sources where controversy exists.


15 posted on 12/19/2021 5:17:34 AM PST by poconopundit (Hard oak fist in an Irish velvet glove: Kayleigh the Shillelagh we salute your work!)
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