Note: I tipped Naomi Wolf to the two specific items below after I read her “Dear Conservatives” article, and she asked to compile my pair of tips into an 800 word submission to her DailyClout website<\/a>, where it was published after a bit of a delay on March 24th.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n To the Editor:<\/p>\n Dr. Naomi Wolf, who nobody would term as a right-wing zealot, admitted to being misled about the January 6 Capitol riot (\u201cDear conservatives, I\u2019m sorry I believed so many media lies<\/a>\u201d), noting how the man with the face paint and Viking horns hat is revealed in never-seen footage inside the Capitol being tranquilly led around in the building by Capitol police; he\u2019s not the violent insurrection leader the mainstream media portrayed him to be.<\/p>\n There\u2019s more: namely, the basic question of why MSM reporters never asked how or why that man, previously\u00a0seen in 2019 as a prominent climate strike march leader<\/a>, switched his political viewpoints 180\u00b0 just over a year. Surely they\u2019d use that to illustrate how persuasive \u201cright-wing propaganda\u201d can be.<\/p>\n This lack of curiosity by the MSM doesn\u2019t end there. Dr. Wolf\u2019s realization that the MSM is less-than-forthcoming on particular information was quite abrupt. My distrust of the news media grew over years.<\/p>\n Ultimately, this is all about asking tough questions. During my youth in the \u201970s through the \u201990s, journalists could be counted on to question authority. These days, not so much.<\/p>\n Allow me to illustrate via my own questions concerning the \u2018climate crisis\u2019 issue.<\/p>\n Continue reading at DailyClout: A Letter to the Editor: \u201cWhen the MSM Misleads about January 6th, What Other Disinformation Do They Push?\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Note: I tipped Naomi Wolf to the two specific items below after I read her “Dear Conservatives” article, and she asked to compile my pair of tips into an 800 word submission to her DailyClout website, where it was published … Continue reading