As far as Alex Jones, take this news story , in which it is claimed that a rapid response, well armed, well trained police group was told to stand down DURING the Navy Yard shooting, which almost certainly resulted in more deaths. Following this order, they were never debriefed, their commander was replaced, and 4 of them went on leave. These are the allegations. Like all journalism, it warrants investigation, but if true this is HUGE. Who gave the order? Why?
As most know, Alex Jones believes that the New World Order speech of George H.W. Bush, which most of us contextually understood to be referring to a post-Communist world order, a post Cold War order, ACTUALLY was on par with Obama’s “in five days we begin the fundamental transformation of America”. He believes that the World Trade Centers were brought down by governmental agencies with the cooperation and knowledge of George W. Bush. He believes that the Bohemian Grove is effectively a center for occult worship, rather than a congenial gathering in a frat atmosphere of overworked, and overstressed people who walk our corridors of power.
I don’t agree with this. But here is the point I would make: the possible viewpoints in the world extend, let us say, from A to D. The news we get in our complicit and complacent media extends from B to C. I may not be willing to go all the way to D or A, but that does not mean that SOME of the data I gather in traversing that route is not useful. Just because someone is paranoid does not make them wrong. If they can only see red, that does not mean the color red does not exist.
All information has to be sifted. The problem in our world is that far too many let someone else do the sifting for them, both in terms of what is news, and in terms of how to interpret it. That latter part is by far the more pernicious, because it implies to the informational consumer that they need not interact critically, and this is how people lose the ability to think.
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I heard yesterday that the Daily Mail Online was America's most-read news site.
I suppose it could be true – once you wade past the celebrity tripe, you find that they consistently publish stories that American news outlets just won't touch.
I did not know that. Certainly, I see a lot of stories linked from the Telegraph that have details on major stories HERE that I can't find anywhere else.
It's worth pointing out, though, that if memory serves the National Enquirer broke both the Gennifer Flowers and Gary Hart scandals. Most of what they say is true, even if it is salacious, mean, and nobody's business.
You need people willing to cross lines, to openly speculate about things people think but rarely say.
Here's a good example of news covered by the Mirror not covered elsewhere: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/princess-diana-assassination-plot-claim-2275500