On the Problem of January 6th: Denialism and Conspiracy Theories
Declining trust in institutions is broad and deep in America; it may very well be unstoppable.
The Problem Remains the Same
By Philip T. Pearson “The problem remains the same…” Tweeted former Tea Party Congressman turned vocal Trump critic Joe Walsh Tuesday morning (12/14/21), referring to the previous day’s “bombshell” revelation that (gasp!) many in the ultra-powerful Conservative Media apparatus have been lying all along about believing the Jan. 6 Capitol Riots were carried out by …
Right-Wing Media’s Disingenuous Playbook: This Time Applied to Inflation
It’s easy to imagine Montgomery Burns in a mahogany study, doing that finger-steepling thing of his and whispering “Excellent!” at the Fox News, Newsmax, or OAN coverage of the “inflation crisis” in America today. Because it’s the same playbook that Right-Wing media has used time and again to persuade its viewers that their very way …
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Christmas Comes Early for Fearmongers: The Gift of Omicron
For right-wing “news” outlets like Fox News, OAN, Newsmax and Breitbart, Christmas came early this year in the form of the Omicron variant of Covid-19. While The New York Times reports that Omicron Is Fast Moving, But Perhaps Less Severe, conservative media has quickly moved to use Omicron as another opportunity to indoctrinate its millions …
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Are Our Neighbors Mindless Zombies? Probably Not.
By Philip T. Pearson After reading the recent Tweets of U.S. Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, it’s tempting to imagine that his Wisconsin constituency must be a bunch of mindless zombies: pacing the kitchens of their Middle-West ranch homes, baking a tater-tot casserole and getting angrier and angrier as they receive their daily directive from …
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