And now we see these two
networks, which have really provided a platform and resources for many people
on the left who were frozen out of mainstream American media, and even
progressive media, and I think it's such an annoying cliched phrase, the
silence is deafening, but if you look at the ACLU, if you look at the free speech
organizations, and where they are, they've spoken up for, for example, Al Jazeera [?] when they come under attack from Saudi Arabia. They spoke up for neo-Nazis
in Charlottesville and their right to march. Where are they on this? There's
just total silence, and I think there is a little bit of discomfort, but for
the most part, I'm essentially seeing consent from many of the people we would
have expected to get in the way here.
Yeah, I mean, and I think
that's why they're being targeted. If you listen to Sputnik, and you listen to
the show you mentioned, it's Eugene Puryear's show. It's not just about
progressive African Americans. It's about everything, and Eugene is one of the
sharpest geopolitical analysts, but he is a radical voice in a very
conservative media culture. The same with Brian Becker. Loud and Clear is a
great show. If you're in DC it's on 105.5 FM, and if you just turned it on you
would think you're listening to Pacifica back in Pacifica's golden years. Those two shows
are just very classic Pacifica shows, and they have other shows very much like
them. Most of their programming is left wing, caters to people like us. You
turn on RT America in the day, and you're going to see news that you really
won't see on the scandal-mongering cable news networks. They're actually
covering real issues and international affairs, and they're much more
sympathetic to Black Lives Matter, and people who are opposing police brutality
than the networks that just simply freeze it out until there's a riot.
And you and I
remember the good old days when Democracy Now filled that role, but it's just
not the case anymore.
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