() The term “conspiracy theory” is being used all the time. For the most part, it’s become a word commonly used to smear those who are presenting valid evidence, or at least evidence that should be considered. Instead, this evidence has been swept in the pile of “false information.” Don’t get me wrong, there is a lot of “fake news” out there, but legitimate discussions, questions, and evidence is being branded with the same paintbrush as fake news.
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We are seeing this with covid, and we’ve seen it with 9/11. Two of multiple examples that we will touch on a bit later in the article. First, we must understand the underlying mechanisms of why humanity is in the stage it’s at with regards to understanding what’s happening on our planet, and why truthful information is being deemed a “conspiracy theory.”
Although it’s been used for quite a while, some believe the CIA’s psychological warfare division actually coined the phrase “conspiracy theory.” They definitely were not the first to do so, but the phrase became quite popular when they used it to point out and ridicule dissenters of officially established public opinion regarding who orchestrated the John F. Kennedy assassination.
A declassified document from 1967 states,
“This Trend of Opinion is a matter of concern to the U.S. government, including our organization.”
The trend of “opinion” throughout history has always been a concern, and thus heavily influenced by using propaganda. A great quote from Edward Bernay’s comes to mind here, I’ve used before in many of my articles,
“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of.”
Edward Bernay’s. Propaganda 1928.
The 1967 document was released via a Freedom of Information Act Request (FOIA) requested by the New York Times in 1976, but it’s not the only one.
For example, a declassified 1991 document from the CIA archives in the form of a letter from a CIA task force addressed to the Director of the CIA at the time details the close relationship that exists between the CIA, mainstream media and academia.
The document states that the CIA task force “now has relationships with reporters from every major wire service, newspaper, news weekly, and television network in the nation,” and that “this has helped us turn some ‘intelligence failure’ stories into ‘intelligence success’ stories,’ and has contributed to the accuracy of countless others.” Furthermore, it explains how the agency has “persuaded reporters to postpone, change, hold, or even scrap stories that could have adversely affected national security interests or jeopardized sources and methods.”
Remember Julian Assange? The journalist and founder of Wikileaks who has been subjected to torture while he is awaiting potential extradition to the United States, the country that wanted to assassinate him. He exposed various war crimes committed by the US government, among others.
Another great quote comes to mind here from Nils Melzer, former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture.
“How far have we sunk if telling the truth becomes a crime? How far have we sunk if we prosecute people that expose war crimes for exposing war crimes? How far have we sunk when we no longer prosecute our own war criminals? Because we identify more with them, than we identify with their people that actually expose these crimes. What does that tell about us and about our governments? In a democracy, the power does not belong to the government, but to the people. But the people have to claim it. Secrecy disempowers the people because it prevents them from exercising democratic control, which is precisely why governments want secrecy.”
Nils Melzer. Former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture. Human Rights Chair, Geneva Academy
Today, secrets are kept to protect unethical and immoral actions and corruption more so than “national security”” purposes, yet “national security” always seems to be the justification for measures that seem to be quite unethical otherwise. Again, we’ve seen this with both covid and 9/11.
I’m reminded of a quote from JFK in April of 1961,
“And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment. That I do not intend to permit to the extent that it is in my control. And no official of my Administration, whether his rank is high or low, civilian or military, should interpret my words here tonight as an excuse to censor the news, to stifle dissent, to cover up our mistakes or to withhold from the press and the public the facts they deserve to know.”
But I digress. Not only do we have declassified documents showing the strong connection between legacy media and government, but multiple mainstream media journalists have exposed this relationship over the years.
Stillness in the Storm Editor: Why did we post this?
The news is important to all people because it is where we come to know new things about the world, which leads to the development of more life goals that lead to life wisdom. The news also serves as a social connection tool, as we tend to relate to those who know about and believe the things we do. With the power of an open truth-seeking mind in hand, the individual can grow wise and the collective can prosper.
– Justin
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