Cdr, did you see they discovered that James Baker, the FBI official who was deeply involved in Russiagate and who was then planted at Twitter as the company's general counsel, combed through the Twitter Files without telling Elon Musk?
From my latest sub stack, a follow-up to my "record-setting" piece:
"Every one of America’s 40,000 MSM "journalists" KNOW that they cannot write or publish a story about an American citizen who died from the Covid vaccine.
"In a nutshell, expressed mathematically, that’s what we are up against. That's our bleak reality. The real story of our times - the most disturbing story and the one with the largest implications for our country’s future - is that the important stories will NOT be told by mainstream journalists."
In the midst of the Twitter Files revelations, I was thinking today “Thank goodness there is Substack” to help sort all this out. I also realized that despite the fact that all the Big Tech/MSM moguls are famous names, I have no idea who started and runs Substack. Whoever you are, I thank you!
Dec 7, 2022·edited Dec 7, 2022Liked by SimulationCommander
I just wrote a piece, on of all topics, Alabama getting left out of the college football playoff. My thesis was that Alabama would be out and TCU in ... because Alabama is the "politically incorrect" villain in the accepted "narrative." There was no down-side for committee members leaving out Alabama. These committee members knew they would NOT be criticized if they selected TCU. However, if they picked Alabama (saying that Alabama was, in fact, one of the "best four teams" in college football at the end of the season), they would have been castigated. All the ESPN talking heads know the same thing. So this kind of fits your premise - just identify the politically correct position and you are safe from criticism, which is all that matters in "leadership" or mainstream journalism these days.
Who makes the college football playoffs doesn't matter in the big picture. But as far as I can tell all the decisions on all the important issues use the same formula. That NBC reporter - and NBC's executives - KNOW the position that won't get them sideways with anyone important.
Supporting the lockdowns - or the vaccines - was a no-risk career-advancing move. You'd only get in trouble if you challenged the narrative. Then you'd have to start your own Substack site ... like we did.
Here's my article. Somehow I ended up working Disney's decision to shut down Splash Mountain into my thesis.
Really, really great stuff Commander. I love this breakdown and the way you've articulated the current state of "journalism". The capture of the field of journalism might be the single most dangerous thing that's happened to us in the past 10-20 years, and that's not an exaggeration.
My criticism of Taibbi is mainly that he is a bit jaded when it comes to Trump, probably because he lived in NYC in the 80s, during the epic and hilarious public bitchfest between Spy magazine and DJT. It was all very entertaining, I still have the very first Spy issue (Chris Elliot on the cover), funny stuff. Anyway, I think this permanently and understandably colored his view of him and it is reflected in his writings about The Donald.
Nonetheless, Taibbi has always been a superb writer and good journalist. Anyone who remembers "The Great American Bubble Machine" from 2010 in Rolling Stone has to have a soft spot in their heart for the man who most perfectly described Robert Rubin:
"Rubin was the prototypical Goldman banker. He was probably born in a $4,000 suit, he had a face that seemed permanently frozen just short of an apology for being so much smarter than you, and he exuded a Spock-like, emotion-neutral exterior; the only human feeling you could imagine him experiencing was a nightmare about being forced to fly coach."
Absolutely spot on description. He should have gotten some kind of award for that line alone. The entire piece and his book about that fiasco are must-reads.
Slam dunk. Homerun. 12 points. Four aces with a king on top. What a ruddy good post of yours.
What we're seeing is journalism as it was 150 years ago, when what papers and leaflets there were, were solely in the pocket of power. Then came cheaper and easier printing presses and copy machines, and the small free press reporting all the stuff power didn't want reported was born.
And - at least here - the initial response from power was censorhip, fines, harassment, limiting the right and ability to own and operate printing/copying equipment, imposing quotas for the purchase of inks and paper for private citizens and so on.
Which was cheered in the established press at the time, privately owned or state run, as a guarantee for truth and the free word and so on.
My country has gone insane. The tribalism has separated us into camps that see themselves as victims and other tribes as oppressors. Just like a junior high cafeteria, the "cool girls" set themselves up as arbiters of all that is holy and seek out another tribe they can convince the rest of the need to be denied a place at the tables. Unfortunately, the cool girls never grow up, and never realize that their "coolness" doesn't translate into maturity.
Cdr, did you see they discovered that James Baker, the FBI official who was deeply involved in Russiagate and who was then planted at Twitter as the company's general counsel, combed through the Twitter Files without telling Elon Musk?
Are you kidding? Why ask if he knows someone who works for a social media platform? dumb as hell.
From my latest sub stack, a follow-up to my "record-setting" piece:
"Every one of America’s 40,000 MSM "journalists" KNOW that they cannot write or publish a story about an American citizen who died from the Covid vaccine.
"In a nutshell, expressed mathematically, that’s what we are up against. That's our bleak reality. The real story of our times - the most disturbing story and the one with the largest implications for our country’s future - is that the important stories will NOT be told by mainstream journalists."
https://billricejr.substack.com/p/my-vaccine-death-story-set-readership
they are either ignoring it, or spending massive amounts of energy deriding how nothing it is.
regardless, I’m sensing panic...
In the midst of the Twitter Files revelations, I was thinking today “Thank goodness there is Substack” to help sort all this out. I also realized that despite the fact that all the Big Tech/MSM moguls are famous names, I have no idea who started and runs Substack. Whoever you are, I thank you!
I know I’m changing the subject a bit but I couldn’t keep it in any longer.
On December 7th, 1941, my uncle Eugene Jamison was at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked.
His ship, the Conygham was not hit.
He died about 10 years ago.
I miss him.
I just wrote a piece, on of all topics, Alabama getting left out of the college football playoff. My thesis was that Alabama would be out and TCU in ... because Alabama is the "politically incorrect" villain in the accepted "narrative." There was no down-side for committee members leaving out Alabama. These committee members knew they would NOT be criticized if they selected TCU. However, if they picked Alabama (saying that Alabama was, in fact, one of the "best four teams" in college football at the end of the season), they would have been castigated. All the ESPN talking heads know the same thing. So this kind of fits your premise - just identify the politically correct position and you are safe from criticism, which is all that matters in "leadership" or mainstream journalism these days.
Who makes the college football playoffs doesn't matter in the big picture. But as far as I can tell all the decisions on all the important issues use the same formula. That NBC reporter - and NBC's executives - KNOW the position that won't get them sideways with anyone important.
Supporting the lockdowns - or the vaccines - was a no-risk career-advancing move. You'd only get in trouble if you challenged the narrative. Then you'd have to start your own Substack site ... like we did.
Here's my article. Somehow I ended up working Disney's decision to shut down Splash Mountain into my thesis.
https://billricejr.substack.com/p/disney-is-shutting-down-splash-mountain
I hope Taibbi is taking this all as a gigantic confirmation that he is a true, professional, honest journalist. Clearly his peers are not.
Excellent article! Too bad presstitutes outnumber journalists by a very, very wide margin. Before long, I'm sure they'll come after the journalists.
Loved your post (you're a great writer), but loved the dog in dreads more. 😉 From an ardent dog lover, Thank-you very much!
Really, really great stuff Commander. I love this breakdown and the way you've articulated the current state of "journalism". The capture of the field of journalism might be the single most dangerous thing that's happened to us in the past 10-20 years, and that's not an exaggeration.
My criticism of Taibbi is mainly that he is a bit jaded when it comes to Trump, probably because he lived in NYC in the 80s, during the epic and hilarious public bitchfest between Spy magazine and DJT. It was all very entertaining, I still have the very first Spy issue (Chris Elliot on the cover), funny stuff. Anyway, I think this permanently and understandably colored his view of him and it is reflected in his writings about The Donald.
Nonetheless, Taibbi has always been a superb writer and good journalist. Anyone who remembers "The Great American Bubble Machine" from 2010 in Rolling Stone has to have a soft spot in their heart for the man who most perfectly described Robert Rubin:
"Rubin was the prototypical Goldman banker. He was probably born in a $4,000 suit, he had a face that seemed permanently frozen just short of an apology for being so much smarter than you, and he exuded a Spock-like, emotion-neutral exterior; the only human feeling you could imagine him experiencing was a nightmare about being forced to fly coach."
Absolutely spot on description. He should have gotten some kind of award for that line alone. The entire piece and his book about that fiasco are must-reads.
Slam dunk. Homerun. 12 points. Four aces with a king on top. What a ruddy good post of yours.
What we're seeing is journalism as it was 150 years ago, when what papers and leaflets there were, were solely in the pocket of power. Then came cheaper and easier printing presses and copy machines, and the small free press reporting all the stuff power didn't want reported was born.
And - at least here - the initial response from power was censorhip, fines, harassment, limiting the right and ability to own and operate printing/copying equipment, imposing quotas for the purchase of inks and paper for private citizens and so on.
Which was cheered in the established press at the time, privately owned or state run, as a guarantee for truth and the free word and so on.
To study history is to study the future.
will anyone notice if journalists go on strike? all they do is copy/paste from CIA talking points
My country has gone insane. The tribalism has separated us into camps that see themselves as victims and other tribes as oppressors. Just like a junior high cafeteria, the "cool girls" set themselves up as arbiters of all that is holy and seek out another tribe they can convince the rest of the need to be denied a place at the tables. Unfortunately, the cool girls never grow up, and never realize that their "coolness" doesn't translate into maturity.
So, Fauci's the father of a Twitter woman. Or, as he so passively put it, a person who used to work at Twitter was his daughter.