it is incredibly important to have a state media apparatus that is robust and covers all facets of life, so that INCREDIBLY STUPID PEOPLE DONT HAVE PLATFORMS. like holy fucking shit, on live national tv theyre saying you should confront people who wear masks like theyre the devil! i am 100% down for communist brainwashing at this point. nothing else will work, you just have to tell the stupid people whats what and offer no other opinions. if you dont have a media apparatus, your society will become absolutely unhinged. i want there to be 200 communist tv broadcasts constantly blaring propaganda to drown out any dumbass remarks being made

  • sergiostweest [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    I think there's a decent argument for stuff like covid to be treated more like hurricane advisories, amber alerts, or other public safety notices where they supersede the normal news apparatus. We currently don't get paralyzed by a giant debate on if Hurricane Irma is real or if the missing kid actually exist. It was a mistake for Fauci to play media darling and for the CDC to have news disseminate through the cable networks. Should've just been alerts to everyone's devices and then regular official press conferences.

    • zeal0telite [he/him,they/them]
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      3 years ago

      I was telling my dad about this with the BBC. He said that some people have to be platformed because they have to stay "balanced".

      I pointed out that they literally do not have to. When reporting on the weather they don't have someone else on to say "it's actually going to rain on Tuesday" because it's not a fucking opinion.

      If you need that viewpoint noted then have an expert on to appear on screen and say "these peoples views are literally insane and detached from reality" and then you're good to go. Don't platform them ever.