The NYTimes main goal is to manufacture consent, not inform. That sometimes happens by chance.
And we are all playing into their game of manufactured consent when we refer to it as “the paper of record”.
(Yes other media is in the same business, but nobody else is benefiting from everyone parroting their propaganda)
Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉 /
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2024-08-05 13:34:50
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