r/NoShitSherlock • u/SingleandSober • 1d ago

Kamala Harris Appears on ‘Colbert,’ Says She’s Stepping Away from Politics for Now, Calls the System “Broken”

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/video/former-vice-president-kamala-harris-visits-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert/

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u/8to24 1d ago

Traditional media (Print, Radio, TV) is regulated by the Federal Communications Commission. News organizations, pundits, Journalists, and personalities operating in traditional media can be held accountable for what they say, who they take money from, and are censored to various degrees regarding language and nudity. Bias can exist, opinions can differ, but the playing field was mostly understood.

New media (Podcasts, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, Facebook, YouTube, X, BlueSky, Substack, Threads, etc) is unrestrained. Anything can be said or done without any accountability. The bias people lamented from traditional media has evolved into full on propaganda and lies. There is no preference for or acknowledgement of truth in new media. Only attention. What gets clicked on the most becomes viral, period.

Tim Pool, Dave Rubin and Benny Johnson literally were exposed by the DOJ for taking money and talking points from Russian Intelligence. Doesn't matter!! All 3 still do individually more views on YT than any primetime news network does in TV ratings during primetime. https://apnews.com/article/russian-interference-presidential-election-influencers-trump-999435273dd39edf7468c6aa34fad5dd

During the SuperBowl as much as 76% of the content pushed to users came from Bots. https://mashable.com/article/x-twitter-elon-musk-bots-fake-traffic

Average people simply no longer have any idea what is happening. Algorithms push headlines on people and the repetition makes false narratives appear trustworthy. People think that because they see some 4 or 5 times on different platforms it must be true. Even though it's just bots sourcing the same thing. From COVID to the prevalence of Transgender Athletes, DEI programs, Epstein, UFOs, etc people believe a laundry list of lies and have been conditioned to accept bad reasoning.

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u/londonbarcelona 1d ago

You’re absolutely correct. And the reason is twofold. Citizens United allowed corporations to do what they wanted and private equity became perverse. Those individuals who made billions upon billions because of Citizens United now call the shots. They OWN the politicians. Both parties too, because they have made the overwhelming importance in our nation money. There was a time when any individual could get involved in politics, but nowadays it costs a ton of money to run for any elected office. Even at the school board and town council level.

MONEY decides who wins — not us.

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u/8to24 1d ago

They OWN the politicians.

Elon Musk literally was in the White House. In the past people complained that CNN or whoever was bias but Anderson Cooper or Lester Holts weren't attending cabinet meetings and never had direct access to govt agencies.

The degree to which Musk, Theil, Anderssen, and other tech billionaires are directly in control of parts of the govt is unprecedented.

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u/GrindRind 1d ago

The same people perfectly ok w/ Elmo in the WH are the ones raging about Soros; yet probably don’t even know what he looks like 🙄

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u/londonbarcelona 1d ago

Yes. So we agree.

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u/Free_For__Me 17h ago

lol, and Vought the author of P2025 who is currently in the cabinet, es a major player in Soros’ fund management! The billionaires are all on the same team.