Tucker Carlson has an audience of around three million viewers, which is more than any other news program and most other programs generally. It is still only three million people out of a nation of 350 million people. A portion of that audience is Brian Stelter interns and Media Matters interns who are hate watching. Another portion is CNN and MSNBC executives trying to figure out how to eek out more Tucker-esque programming at their own networks while poo-pooing his show.
Fear sells. All throughout history, promoting fear to drive agenda has been a powerful tool. Perfect love casts out fear; that's what makes the gospel revolutionary.
First, it was "The Coming Ice Age" and the only way to prevent it was to please send money to environmental groups that understood the science. I was young and impressionable and I cared about the environment and wildlife...I sent money. Then it was "Global Warming", and the only way to prevent it was to please send money to environmental groups that understood the science. I was still fairly young, still somewhat gullible, and I cared, so I sent money.
Then it was "Climate Change", and by then I was way older, a lot less gullible, and had seen that the "environmental activists" groups had become wealthy on the donations from people like me who cared...and I stopped sending money to environmental groups.
They all sent me nasty notices in the mail, with "Past Due" and "Final Notice" written prominently on the outside of the envelope to embarrass me, and letters accusing me of "not caring" about the environment unless I sent money.
They cut down more trees and spent more money on paper and postage trying to get my small yearly donations to their "cause" than my donation would pay for...and I was done with them.
They have a new generation of young and/or impressionable people to batten on, and they'll do the same thing with Covid, or BLM, or animal "rights"...whatever "cause" they can use to part people from their cash with fear mongering in the media and heart jerking advertisements that provide income to that media....but they won't get any more from me. I wish I could explain to the young and/or impressionable what I finally figured out, but they won't listen any more than I would have.
The Bill of Rights calls for a free press to be a watchdog over the government. The Military Industrial Complex is ready to supply weapons for whatever war the government starts. The Media Industrial Complex is ready to supply the lies for whatever problem/policy the government has. There is no watch dog over truth.
This write up is exactly what I've been thinking about for a while now. I also have turned off most news, yes even Fox, but you can get a deep dive into the left's broader agenda by watching shows like 60 Minutes. Last night's episode took a few tragic Covid-19 deaths and portrayed them as typical of the 600,000 who have died in the U.S. They weren't typical. The problem we face now is the left knows the public is "on to them", so they are increasing the censorship. Free nations don't survive without free press and free speech. Keep up the good work brother. Welcome back!
I was going to mention us unvaccinated covid survivors but I didn't want the government showing up at my door with a needle in hand, so I will just thank you for another great one.
A couple of weeks ago I had lunch with a close friend. We come from very different backgrounds. He grew up - up North. I grew up here. He is black and I am white. He is a self-made physician and one of the smartest, most driven people know. Our boys played years of competitive soccer together, before heading off to college. He sits on the board of a very large, very renowned University. His 2nd son attends this University. His politics are quite liberal and we do not agree "politically" on a lot of things. During the election process and after Biden was sworn in, he stayed angry. It got so bad that our weekly phone calls dropped to monthly. During that process, I kept pointing out to him some corrections of what was being reported and kept saying "turn the news off".
Back to last week. We were catching up on some things, enjoying a nice lunch, when he just stopped. He looked at me and said, "I took your advice. I turned off the news and I rarely get on Facebook. And when I do, I avoid any of the political stuff. I did it about a month ago. It took about a week, but I started feeling so much better. I realize that I cannot change the world and that there is a lot of misinformation out there on both sides. So I'm going to take care of my family and friends."
He isn't changing. He still is still on the board (for now) of a large University. He is still healing people, he is still quietly making contributions to causes that are important to him. But he doesn't watch the news anymore and he is a much-much happier person.
And I'm happy, because I got a dear friend back... Turn it off folks, it will only make you miserable.
Fear sells. All throughout history, promoting fear to drive agenda has been a powerful tool. Perfect love casts out fear; that's what makes the gospel revolutionary.
"Then it was racist to call the variants by their nation of origin, so the Delta variant was going to kill us."
The media said it was "racist" to call a virus by its nation of origin the moment Trump called COVID-19 the "Wuhan" and/or "China" virus.
First, it was "The Coming Ice Age" and the only way to prevent it was to please send money to environmental groups that understood the science. I was young and impressionable and I cared about the environment and wildlife...I sent money. Then it was "Global Warming", and the only way to prevent it was to please send money to environmental groups that understood the science. I was still fairly young, still somewhat gullible, and I cared, so I sent money.
Then it was "Climate Change", and by then I was way older, a lot less gullible, and had seen that the "environmental activists" groups had become wealthy on the donations from people like me who cared...and I stopped sending money to environmental groups.
They all sent me nasty notices in the mail, with "Past Due" and "Final Notice" written prominently on the outside of the envelope to embarrass me, and letters accusing me of "not caring" about the environment unless I sent money.
They cut down more trees and spent more money on paper and postage trying to get my small yearly donations to their "cause" than my donation would pay for...and I was done with them.
They have a new generation of young and/or impressionable people to batten on, and they'll do the same thing with Covid, or BLM, or animal "rights"...whatever "cause" they can use to part people from their cash with fear mongering in the media and heart jerking advertisements that provide income to that media....but they won't get any more from me. I wish I could explain to the young and/or impressionable what I finally figured out, but they won't listen any more than I would have.
On point as always Erick. Thank you.
The Bill of Rights calls for a free press to be a watchdog over the government. The Military Industrial Complex is ready to supply weapons for whatever war the government starts. The Media Industrial Complex is ready to supply the lies for whatever problem/policy the government has. There is no watch dog over truth.
Yep
This write up is exactly what I've been thinking about for a while now. I also have turned off most news, yes even Fox, but you can get a deep dive into the left's broader agenda by watching shows like 60 Minutes. Last night's episode took a few tragic Covid-19 deaths and portrayed them as typical of the 600,000 who have died in the U.S. They weren't typical. The problem we face now is the left knows the public is "on to them", so they are increasing the censorship. Free nations don't survive without free press and free speech. Keep up the good work brother. Welcome back!
Yep...and the left wonders how covid got politicized....
I was going to mention us unvaccinated covid survivors but I didn't want the government showing up at my door with a needle in hand, so I will just thank you for another great one.
A couple of weeks ago I had lunch with a close friend. We come from very different backgrounds. He grew up - up North. I grew up here. He is black and I am white. He is a self-made physician and one of the smartest, most driven people know. Our boys played years of competitive soccer together, before heading off to college. He sits on the board of a very large, very renowned University. His 2nd son attends this University. His politics are quite liberal and we do not agree "politically" on a lot of things. During the election process and after Biden was sworn in, he stayed angry. It got so bad that our weekly phone calls dropped to monthly. During that process, I kept pointing out to him some corrections of what was being reported and kept saying "turn the news off".
Back to last week. We were catching up on some things, enjoying a nice lunch, when he just stopped. He looked at me and said, "I took your advice. I turned off the news and I rarely get on Facebook. And when I do, I avoid any of the political stuff. I did it about a month ago. It took about a week, but I started feeling so much better. I realize that I cannot change the world and that there is a lot of misinformation out there on both sides. So I'm going to take care of my family and friends."
He isn't changing. He still is still on the board (for now) of a large University. He is still healing people, he is still quietly making contributions to causes that are important to him. But he doesn't watch the news anymore and he is a much-much happier person.
And I'm happy, because I got a dear friend back... Turn it off folks, it will only make you miserable.
Nailed it!
Spot on.
This would have been a much better article if you'd stated unequivocally that your readers should be vaccinated.
Thanks for listening, Erick.
My head is spinning. But that's the goal of the enemy of our souls.
One thing we know: God is not the author of confusion (1 Corinthians 14:33). That leaves the usual suspects....