tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post5289464642829913842..comments2024-03-28T07:50:06.102-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: T. J. Coles — How Fake News Perpetuates Neoliberalismmike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-9669592180037859782018-12-22T19:39:49.800-05:002018-12-22T19:39:49.800-05:00RT: “One wonders just how outrageous ‘fake news’ ...<b> RT:</b> <i> “One wonders just how outrageous ‘fake news’ must be in order to get busted.”</i><br /><br />One can get away with almost any lie as long as it serves the Empire and the establishment. <br /><br />However a liar can be tripped up if he steps on the wrong toes, as Claas Relotius probably did at Der Spiegel. Maybe he was doing his boss’s wife.<br /><br />Russia-gate, the Skripal hoax, the Assad gassing hoax, the 9-11 “Arabs with box cutters” hoax, the “war against ISIS”™ hoax, the “we killed Osama bin Laden” hoax – you name it. All are Gospel truth. To question these “truths” is to blaspheme. All blasphemers are “conspiracy theorists.” <br /><br />Occasionally a hoax gets exposed (e.g. the Kuwaiti “incubator babies) but this has no effect on the endless flow of lies. <br /><br /><b>The Guardian:</b> <i>Der Spiegel to run 23-page special on reporter who faked stories</i><br /><br />The Guardian? Commenting on faked stories? The <b><i>Guardian?</i></b> Pusher of Russia-gate, the Skripal hoax, and various “Assad gassing” hoaxes, plus hoaxes against Wikileaks? The Guardian, which purged John Pilger in 2015 for being too truthful? <br /><br />Good one!Konradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739209449391854796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-19261343114348576172018-12-22T14:25:58.443-05:002018-12-22T14:25:58.443-05:00. Recall Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s slogan...<i>. Recall Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s slogan, “There is no alternative” (TINA).</i><br /><br />Yet, where is MMT's alternative to government privileges for the banks?<br /><br />Oh yeah, Warren Mosler's proposals to INCREASE* government privileges for the banks. /sarc<br /><br />*<br />1) No limit (e.g. $250,000 per account) to government-provided deposit insurance.<br />2) No limit to the amount a bank can borrow unsecured from the Central Bank at 0%.Andrew Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296407661618321637noreply@blogger.com