Fake News = Fake Markets…
By: Bill Holter
GoldSeek.com
Monday, 5 December 2016
Growing up in the 1960’s, I can still remember hearing and reading about Russian propaganda. While I am certain some of what the Western press reported was “spun”, even a 10 year old could see through much of what Russia was trying to portray to its people.
Fast forward to present day, we seem to have switched places. The current mainstream media reports defy nearly any and all logic on a daily basis. Reporting has obviously been very poor for many years and it really did not matter what the subject was. Economics, finance, geopolitics, home grown politics, it has not mattered, logic has been turned on its head. I could go through example after example but would now require a book …or more likely a “series” of books. Using just one example to illustrate the lunacy, the U.S. now has 95 million OUT OF THE WORKFORCE and thus no longer counted as “unemployed”! Where is the logic here? Mainstream media reports it (under their breath) while cheerleading the lowest unemployment rate in decades. The White House and Wall Street both report “strong” employment with glee. The fact remains, our true unemployment number as calculated back in the day of “Russian propaganda” is somewhere around 20% …
We just had an election here in the U.S. that I’ve dubbed as a rejection “fake news”, fake polls, fake values, fake everything. My first thought was “hooray for the rule of law”! What is truly disturbing (especially after the election), the
House Quietly Passes Bill Targeting “Russian Propaganda” Websites.
I say “disturbing” because the lame duck House of Representatives was elected two years ago to eviscerate Obaminationcare along with many other “executive orders” …and did absolutely none of what they promised. Why would the House pass this now? Why would they not wait until the newly elected Reps and Senators (not to mention new President) arrive? What can they possibly be thinking other than a failed (thwarted) arrival to Washington of Mr. Trump?
Getting into the “meat” of what they are trying to pass, it is most obvious they are trying to legislate away TRUTH! In essence, they are trying to say and I paraphrase, if you disagree with the official story, you are Russian propaganda. Never mind that these “propaganda sites” document, footnote and use rock solid logic in their work …they are “fake news” and should be ignored or worse, JAILED! What a travesty Mr. Paul Ryan!
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