{"id":36674,"date":"2018-08-14T10:05:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=36674"},"modified":"2018-08-14T10:15:33","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T15:15:33","slug":"36674","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=36674","title":{"rendered":"What If There Were No Official Narratives?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title eltd-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2018\/08\/12\/what-if-there-were-no-official-narratives\/\">What If There Were No Official Narratives?<\/a><\/h3>\n<article id=\"post-5067\" class=\"post-5067 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article tag-antismitism tag-caitlin-johnstone tag-jeremy-corbyn tag-narrative tag-official-narrative\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-content\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text-inner clearfix\">\n<p>One of the weirdest things about the post-Iraq invasion world is how the mass media has actually gotten <em>less<\/em> accountable instead of <em>more<\/em> accountable for its reporting since that time.<\/p>\n<p>Right now in the UK there\u2019s an amazingly viral\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/renegadeinc.com\/goal-propaganda-population-polices\/\">smear campaign against Jeremy Corbyn<\/a> running across all mainstream outlets, which, from what I can tell, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medialens.org\/index.php\/alerts\/alert-archive\/2018\/876-israel-is-the-real-problem.html\">consists entirely of narrative spin<\/a> and no actual evidence. The powerful elites who control British mass media have an obvious vested interest in keeping the UK government from moving to the left, so they advance the absolutely insane narrative that Corbyn is a secret Nazi. They just keep saying it and saying it like it\u2019s true until people start believing it without feeling any pressure at all to substantiate their narrative with facts. It\u2019s been jaw-dropping to watch.<\/p>\n<p>More and more we are seeing narratives about cyber-threats being used to advance reports of \u201cattacks\u201d and \u201cacts of war\u201d being perpetrated which, as far as the public is concerned, consist of nothing other than the authoritative assertions of confident-sounding media pundits. There was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/iran-has-laid-groundwork-extensive-cyberattacks-u-s-say-officials-n893081\">recent NBC exclusive<\/a> which was co-authored by Ken Dilanian, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2014\/09\/04\/former-l-times-reporter-cleared-stories-cia-publication\/\">an actual, literal CIA asset<\/a>, about the threat of hackers working for the Iranian government. The alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US elections is now <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\/russiagate-is-like-9-11-except-its-made-of-pure-narrative-ab96fa38ee48\">routinely compared to Pearl Harbor and 9\/11<\/a>, despite no hard, verifiable evidence that that interference even took place ever being presented to the public.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\">\n<p><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronjmate\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Aaron Mat\u00e9 (screen name: aaronjmate)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1007772461071519745\/yhsgXeWQ_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1007772461071519745\/yhsgXeWQ_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1007772461071519745\/yhsgXeWQ_normal.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-brand\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--twitter \" title=\"View on Twitter\" role=\"presentation\" aria-label=\"View on Twitter\">\n<p>This UK campaign to smear Corbyn as anti-Semitic follows old playbook vs those who defend Palestinian rights, amplified by neo-liberals who also hate JC\u2019s progressive agenda. Sorry to pull this card, but as a Jew &amp; descendant of Holocaust victims it\u2019s embarrassing &amp; disgraceful:<\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-card\">\n<div class=\"QuoteTweet\" tabindex=\"0\" data-scribe=\"section:quote\">\n<div class=\"QuoteTweet-nonMediaContainer\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget TweetAuthor--oneLine\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-card\">\n<div class=\"QuoteTweet\" tabindex=\"0\" data-scribe=\"section:quote\">\n<div class=\"QuoteTweet-nonMediaContainer\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget TweetAuthor--oneLine\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"QuoteTweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">https:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">d-left-and-the-new-anti-semitism\/\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: August 10, 2018 23:21:34 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2018-08-10T23:21:34+0000\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronjmate\/status\/1028058808017408000\" data-datetime=\"2018-08-10T23:21:34+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\">7:21 PM &#8211; Aug 10, 2018<\/a><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article id=\"post-5067\" class=\"post-5067 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article tag-antismitism tag-caitlin-johnstone tag-jeremy-corbyn tag-narrative tag-official-narrative\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-content\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text-inner clearfix\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-brand\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--twitter \" title=\"View on Twitter\" role=\"presentation\" aria-label=\"View on Twitter\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-card\">\n<div class=\"QuoteTweet\" tabindex=\"0\" data-scribe=\"section:quote\">\n<div class=\"QuoteTweet-nonMediaContainer\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget TweetAuthor--oneLine\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What If There Were No Official Narratives? One of the weirdest things about the post-Iraq invasion world is how the mass media has actually gotten less accountable instead of more accountable for its reporting since that time. Right now in the UK there\u2019s an amazingly viral\u00a0smear campaign against Jeremy Corbyn running across all mainstream outlets, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[17039,21237,3847,1779,9490],"class_list":["post-36674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","tag-caitlin-johnstone","tag-jermey-corbyn","tag-mass-media","tag-narratives","tag-official-narratives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36674"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36678,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36674\/revisions\/36678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}