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The Media Are Agents of Propaganda

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Posted By: gaboy, 1/12/2026 12:43:03 AM

Last Thursday Vice President JD Vance joined a White House press briefing to discuss initiatives the Trump administration is taking to investigate the pervasive welfare fraud that has been discovered in Minnesota. He was inevitably asked questions about the death of Renee Good after she attempted to drive her SUV over an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Vance described the media coverage of the death as “disgraceful,” and followed up with this question: “You guys are meant to report the truth. How have you let yourselves become agents of propaganda?”

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Reply 1 - Posted by: jeffkinnh 1/12/2026 7:11:57 AM (No. 2053579)
"This woman lost her life because she was fully gripped by years of media indoctrination that told her that she’s living in 1930s Germany and interfering with ICE is akin to fighting Hitler’s Nazis." And worse, this "I'm a hero" thinking plays into a delusional personality about righting perceived wrongs, twisted evaluations of reality, and irrational fury and anxiety over events that they perceive justifying their warped mindset. TDS started as a MOCKING term used to encompass this type of behavior. An AI search says "It is not a recognized or formal mental illness or medical diagnosis.". Yet, we have a woman who is dead due to her irrational thinking and behavior. How many people would think it wise to personally and physically interfere with armed officers actively carrying out a dangerous enforcement action that has no direct connection to them? And all of them attribute the things they are consumed with to Trump. The mere mention of his name sends them into furious anger. The media is using and fanning these flames of insanity. That makes them more culpable in this woman's death than the agent who pulled the trigger in well justified self defense. And it seems that many people in the media suffer from the same "malady" and are willing to prod people into foolishly deadly actions.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: chillijilli 1/12/2026 7:45:29 AM (No. 2053593)
Wow. Catron absolutely nails it. This is what we're up against and it all began in the 60s when students were taught that objective reporting was not as important or noble as representing the little guy who had no voice. But what happened in tandem was CNN busted onto the scene 24/7 and simply crushed anyone who tried to speak up against corporate media or the sudden lack of objective reporting. A good example of this in-your-face bias is how they have portrayed Goode. She may have been a kind lesbian mother of three but she was also a taunter who may have committed a hate crime targeting a group of people because of their actual or PERCEIVED identity. Why can't we know about both sides? Should be a Must Read.
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