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Originally Posted by 68style
Nothing about that video looks like propaganda before I even click on it... not the giant yellow letters or the socialist tag or the “left” description... not even going to click it and give them the “view” they’re so desperately seeking.
YouTube isn’t a legitimate source of news my friends.
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Jimmy Dore, formerly of The Young Turks, who has recently called out TYT for not being left enough and for taking Establishment money, is propagandizing for who exactly? Jimmy often points out that he is just a lowly comedian making a show out of his garage, so I don't know where you got the impression that he or I claimed him to be a legitimate news source. Back when Jon Stewart used to host The Daily Show, he would often point out that he is just the host of a comedy show, yet many young people got their news from that show and could find more elements of the truth from pointing out the absurdities of the establishment powers and media. That is how he likely sees himself.
He is interviewing Glen Greenwald, a Pulitzer Prize and George Polk Award winning journalist. His image is included in video's title image btw. He isn't considered legitimate to you? Jimmy is literally reading out headlines and articles from "legitimate" news articles.
No source is truely legitimate these days, especially the corporate establishment media. Look at how they, and the Establishment in Washington under Biden, have circled the wagons to defend hedge funds against r/wallstreetbets and regular people investing in the stock market. They have literally attempted to label this movement as hate speech and claimed that Trump supporters and neo nazis are behind it all, when in fact it is just people from all over the political spectrum using capitalism to combat the worst extremes of capitalism.
Often times I will hear of breaking news on places like twitter, see footage and reports from people on the ground, etc. Then I wait and wait for the MSM to cover it and see all the spin and information left out which doesn't suit their agendas. They have been corporatized and made to serve those in power so they can keep that power and wealth.
Journalists used to be regular people, seeking to get the truth out, to protect people and keep those in power and the systems of that power in check. Beat the pavement, seek out sources, put yourself in harm's way. Now they work for profit and to justify their existence by crafting ways to generate traffic to their employers with more and more outrageous headlines and poorly researched, poorly written puff pieces. Have you noticed how often spelling and grammar mistakes are included? Or how they literally recycle articles written by others? Covid had really shown how many of them are elitists as they sit in zoom calls from their expensive condos and talk with each other about how they miss travelling the world, going to concerts, shopping for antiques, etc. Listen to CBC radio for a day and you'll get the idea. They have become, or at least they believe themselves to be, an elitist class, and they serve those in power.
Don't be so quick to dismiss information. You can figure out pretty quick the motivations and agendas of sources. Follow the money as they say. Can't take anything at face value.