The 1998 Robert Smigel animated short film "Conspiracy Theory Rock", part of a March 1998 "TV Funhouse" segment, has been removed from all subsequent airings of the Saturday Night Live episode where it originally appeared. NBC claimed the edit (critical of their parent company) was done because it "wasn't funny". NBC is owned by General Electric/Westinghouse.
Showing posts with label propaganda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label propaganda. Show all posts
50 Spies Say ISIS Intelligence Was Cooked
Government lies about success against ISIS. It’s being called a ‘revolt’ by intelligence pros who are paid to give their honest assessment of the ISIS war—but are instead seeing their reports turned into happy talk. More than 50 intelligence analysts working out of the U.S. military’s Central Command have formally complained that their reports ... MOREJacob Sullum: 5 Popular Drugs Scares Vs. Reality -- The Disconnect Between Drug Use And Public Alarm About It
Dangerous drug use is on the decline. Last year I noted the disconnect between rising public alarm about methamphetamine and falling rates of use. By 2005, when Newsweek identified "The Meth Epidemic" as "America's New Drug Crisis" in a sensational cover story, illicit methamphetamine use had been declining for years. A new ... MOREClimate Change Is About Power, Not Environment
by Rick Manning. The heartbreak of a faltering premise. Global warming alarmists must be shaking their heads in disbelief. Just when they felt they had the stars aligned to push their anti-free enterprise/capitalism agenda on the international stage and claim the power they crave, the climate and scientists have begun to turn against them. Sidney, ... MOREJerry Brown, Climate Change Prophet Of Doom
by Steven Greenhut. Moonbeam rising. On governance and budget matters, Gov. Jerry Brown (D-Calif.) has earned a reputation for being reasonable and moderate (by California standards).
Even many Republicans describe him as the "last adult" in the Capitol,
given his refusal to embrace far-reaching programs. Yet when it comes to
global warming, ... MORE
John Stossel: Governed By Zealots
Agendacrats gone wild. The government's environmental rules defeat even environmentalists. Thomas Collier is a Democrat who managed environmental policy for Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Then he noticed a mining opportunity in Alaska, one he calls "the single largest deposit of gold and silver that is not being developed in the entire world." Tom's ... MORERonald Bailey: Chipotle Treats Customers Like Idiots
Trying to profit from bogus GMO fears. In April, the high-class Mexican food chain Chipotle announced that it was going GMO-free. That is, the company would no longer use ingredients derived from modern biotech crops. Chipotle says it sells "food with integrity." The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines integrity as "the quality of being ... MOREThe Pope Should Conceal His Economic Ignorance
by Pat Buchanan. Leave the socialist rants to Bernie Sanders. Arriving in La Paz, Pope Francis was presented by Bolivian President Evo Morales with a wooden crucifix carved in the form of a hammer and sickle, the symbol of Lenin, Stalin, Mao and Fidel. Had Pope John Paul II been handed that crucifix, he might have cracked it over Evo's head. ... MORERichard Berman: Manufacturing A Food Scare
Marketing to the uninformed. The wisdom of crowds is a concept that has remarkable predictability. Often, the dispersed knowledge of millions of people making informed decisions is more reliable than the informed bias of policy activists. When it comes to the latest food scare, antibiotics and resistant
bacteria, polling shows the public ... MOREWhy Do Media Still Take FBI Terror Warnings Seriously?
by Adam Johnson. Zero for 40 at predicting attacks. On Monday, several mainstream media outlets repeated the latest press release
by the FBI that country was under a new “heightened terror alert” from
“ISIL-inspired attacks” “leading up to the July 4th weekend.” One of the
more sensational outlets, CNN, led with the breathless warning on ... MOREDon't Be Terrorized By Your Government This 4th Of July
by Ronald Bailey. Stay calm, carry on, and above all, defend the Constitution. As Americans prepare to celebrate Independence Day, officials in the FBI
and the Department of Homeland Security are warning us that there's a heightened threat of Islamist terrorist attacks. CNN is reporting
that law enforcement officials believe that the Islamist ... MOREPope Reveals God Cannot Stop Climate Change By Himself
by Gregg Zoroya. Holy man declares moral imperative to reduce greenhouse gases. Scientists weary after years of often vicious opposition by doubters of their climate-change findings see this year as crucial to the planet's future because of a religious document expected from Pope Francis on Thursday. The rare encyclical, or teaching letter, ... MOREThere’s No Evidence Of A ‘New Nationwide Crime Wave’
by Radley Balko. Last week in the Wall Street Journal,
Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute posited that we are in
the throes of a “new nationwide crime wave.” She blamed the chorus of
police reform advocates and critics of police brutality since the
Ferguson protest last summer. She claimed the criticism and efforts to
hold police ... MORE
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