Fucking hell RVonse. You just forced me to watch 13 minutes of Russel Brand confusing circumlocution with trying to sound like a smart cunt.
Why does society allow professional journalists to lie without consequences?
I've got a serious question for you; do you even watch the videos you post? It took nearly eleven fucking excruciating minutes for Russel Brand to make his point but he did say Brian Williams was suspended without pay. He then went on to say (at 11:22) that Brian Williams didn't take responsibility (which he
did) and then got demoted. Last time I checked, getting demoted without pay and being demoted upon return whilst having most likely being instructed to publicly apologize sound like the very textbook definition of a consequence.
And at least half of those facts can be found in the video
you provided. So are you lying when you claim "professional journalists to lie without consequences"? What should happen to you, then?
But that doesn't illustrate the whole "MSM is lying to you". Firstly, you need to prove it was a lie and not an honest mistake or your interpretation of what was presented is fact. Then you need to prove that a conscious effort was made to deceive the viewer. This happened in the one instance provided and in fact consequences occurred. Now if you want to argue that media outlets are irresponsible mixing facts with opinion (and I seriously doubt you do), I agree. But the reason isn't as conspiratorial as you'd wish it to be.
The reason why MSM mixes opinion with reporting is because we
fucking want them to. Everybody says they would rather be informed than entertained and when you ask where they get their news from, it's pretty obvious more than a few want the exact opposite of what they publicly say. (FYI, ABC, BBC, DW and Al Jazeera English are my preferences - interpret what you will). Media outlets are simply giving us what we want. Look at where you get your news and ask yourself the same question. I'd talk to you about the evils of parasite media, but I suspect that's a conversation for another time.
This is a very standard tactic for fringe lunatics. And make no mistake - Russell Brand has nothing constructive to say. But it's a simple trick. Take a story that everyone doesn't dispute (Brian Williams lied). Equate it to justify one's own polemics (MSM is lying to you they all do, here's a montage of journalists saying the exact some stock phrases) and then ensure one's own audience will remain for next time (please like and subscribe).
Incidentally, it's real fucking easy to find how completely full of shit Project Veritas is. Five seconds and I discovered they were forced to pay $100,000 in one of their
earlier lawsuits. I'm pretty certain when your anonymous youtube commenter talked about PV's lawsuits they were...what was that phrase you used? Ah, yes - lied without consequences.
Replying to this thread was entertaining. But for some reason I feel less informed. Or at least stupider.