disembodied cat head wrote:(& i do think you have it backwards re: criticizing 90% of Americans - last time i checked it was the American media doing this, via vote-shaming ["if you vote 3rd party, you vote WITH SATAN" etc] & identity-politics balkanization.
It's not an either-or situation, though. By demonizing the two major parties, rightly or wrongly, in effect you're criticizing everyone who votes for them (and/or those who wouldn't vote for candidates from a third party), and they're not
all doing it simply because they hate the other side or because the media is manipulating them. (Obviously I would argue that more right-wingers do it for those reasons than left-wingers, but that's just me.) And as for identity politics, I'm sorry, but for liberals, your working for RT probably eliminates any standing you might have otherwise had to criticize anyone who treats racism, sexism, or homophobia as important political issues (i.e., reasons to vote against certain people). I know it won't stop you and maybe it shouldn't, but then again, I'm not saying it makes you a bad person either - just that this is the price you pay for working there, at least under the current social conditions.
...as if something tacitly endorsed by Russian TV could not also be in the best interests of non-ruling-class Americans (cf. your comment on "Vladimir Putin's greedy little hands").
Is it in the interests of the 99 percent to have Russia expand its territory into the Baltic states, or take over the rest of Ukraine? Please, make your case - I'm just not seeing it, sorry. Putting that aside though, RT endorses lots of things that would be helpful to the 99 percent. It just doesn't endorse
the main thing that would be helpful to the 99 percent.
...the enemy of your enemy is not your friend, as it might be useful (for example) to remind American liberals who have embraced the FBI "because Trump" despite its decades-long history of crushing Leftist groups.
You're definitely right about that, but you know, desperate times require desperate solutions, politics makes strange bedfellows, etc., etc...? I mean, in the past they've probably crushed a few right-wing groups too, at least the ones the ATF or the DEA didn't get to first.
& it's important to note that Wikipedia is _A_ tool of the global elite, not _THE ONLY_ such tool. Surely you don't think Jimmy Wales has been a repeat guest at Davos for his stunning fashion sense?
I do like this mode of thinking, but it needs fleshing-out, and not necessarily of the "Wikipedia isn't treating our cause fairly so it must be part of the conspiracy" variety. And I don't mean that as a criticism of you, either - it's just that in the past, we've seen journalists get scared off when they find out how deep the rabbit-hole goes. (Dan Murphy being the obvious exception.) And you can't really blame them either, because let's face it, it's not a story most folks want to read - most people
want to believe that the no-cost, ad-free "encyclopedia" they can look things up on with their smartphones is "safe." Helps get them through the day, I guess.
As for Jimbo, that all started with an invitation from Richard Branson to his private island (was that 2006, 2007 maybe?), where he met Tony Blair and Bono, among others. Jimbo is basically a narcissist and a grifter, so he probably told all these guys that he has much more influence over actual WP content than he did even then, and certainly more than he does now. That's why they sponsored him to go to Davos the first few times... I don't think we actually know if he's been paying his own way during the past few years or if Blair has been footing the bill (as you know, Jimbo is married to one of Blair's personal secretaries). That might be an interesting thing to find out, but either way, it's usually pretty hard to draw a direct line from Jimbo's grift-related activities to specific content-related disputes and decisions, and how they might affect the Davos-goers of the world. If he's doing it, it's way behind the scenes, and somehow nobody's talking. The Philip Cross brouhaha is the closest he's gotten to anything like that in quite a while, at least in a way that could be seen by outsiders.
Anyway, I'm glad you're here and thank you for registering. (Also, I apologize for not noticing the dates WRT to the TV appearance.)
The article about Kellogg was easily found using Google.
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disembodied cat head. I can see that you'll fit in well here. You need an avatar though.