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[–]JasonCarswellPlatinum Foil Fedora[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

_making sure I keep my skeptical hat on in case I notice anything 'off' or misleading or whatever.

They may be a long con. Time will tell. I also don't trust ex-media, ex-intelligence, ex-military, ex-cops, etc.

Just because it's common doesn't mean it's a good excuse not to go through due diligence when selecting what you slap your name on.

1,000,000%.

I realize they need to get paid, and that's fine. It was just pretty gross the way he was going on about it too.

Lately they've pushed other things like stocks, precious metals (I think), etc. Very aggressive whoring.

Maybe i'm pickier than most.

More folks should be. But what to do about it other than complain loudly? Maybe we need to produce better products and have them advertised and cross-supported.

_Russel Brand was also one who disappointed me recently. [...] to buy physical gold from some company

Agreed.

I could make a lot of money if only I didn't have to worry about these crazy morals and ethics as much as I do.

We're few and far between.

[–]Methane 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

They may be a long con. Time will tell. I also don't trust ex-media, ex-intelligence, ex-military, ex-cops, etc.

Yep. Always in the back of my mind, even when getting good information that I might not be able to find easily anywhere else... I always wonder... or worried rather that the 'Alternative' media I watch might be the controlled counterbalance to the existing narratives. Like if the same source REALLY wanted to control a specific topic of conversation in the public space, they would control both sides. The mainstream one and the "opposing" arguments, all the while inserting or ignoring certain important details, or misdirect or whatever other advanced propaganda techniques that exist today.

So I worry when things like.... say... Breaking Points appear out of nowhere and onto my radar and seem to be very very popular and they say all the kinda things that I like to hear... But clearly they're both entrenched in the same kind of circles as the mainstream and political sphere and had been for a while I imagine. I'm not saying they're CIA plants, but I wouldn't be surprised at all.

Why is it so darn difficult to find truth? ;/ I hate it.

[–]JasonCarswellPlatinum Foil Fedora[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Eventually they expose themselves. I was just thinking of that example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krystal_Ball on Breaking Points, and formerly The Hill and corporate news.