{"id":64030,"date":"2022-11-06T12:49:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T17:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=64030"},"modified":"2022-11-06T12:49:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T17:49:51","slug":"no-such-thing-as-an-objective-journalist-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=64030","title":{"rendered":"No Such Thing As An Objective Journalist: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title eltd-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2022\/11\/06\/no-such-thing-as-an-objective-journalist-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix\/#comment-90740\">No Such Thing As An Objective Journalist: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix<\/a><\/h3>\n<article id=\"post-12198\" class=\"post-12198 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article tag-assange tag-caitlin-johnstone tag-censorship tag-journalism tag-narrative-matrix tag-objectivity tag-russia tag-ukraine tag-us-empire\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-content\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image-area\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image size-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/medium-1.png?485df6&amp;485df6\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/medium-1.png 1080w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/medium-1-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/medium-1-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/medium-1-1024x536.png 1024w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"565\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text-inner clearfix\">\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/going_rogue\/no-such-thing-as-an-objective-journalist\">Listen to a reading of this article:<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>I feel like we haven\u2019t been talking enough about the fact that US government agencies\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.substack.com\/p\/destroying-western-values-to-defend\">were just caught<\/a>\u00a0intimately collaborating with massive online platforms to censor content in the name of regulating the \u201ccognitive infrastructure\u201d of society.\u00a0The only way you could be okay with the US government appointing itself this authority would be if you believed the US government is an honest and beneficent entity that works toward the benefit of the common man. Which would of course be an unacceptable thing for a grown adult to believe.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s still astonishing that we live in a world where our rulers will openly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2021\/12\/16\/the-assange-case-explained-simply\/\">imprison a journalist for telling the truth<\/a>\u00a0and then self-righteously bloviate about the need to stop authoritarian regimes from persecuting journalists.<\/p>\n<p>Look at this scumbag:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1587807060195958786&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com%2F2022%2F11%2F06%2Fno-such-thing-as-an-objective-journalist-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix%2F&amp;sessionId=7cee69ec8815ccbba4b0bf9b96c2a028300f4f80&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=a3525f077c700%3A1667415560940&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1587807060195958786\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Look at him. Can you believe this piece of shit? The gall. The absolute gall.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>There is no such thing as unbiased journalism. If someone tells you they are unbiased they are either knowingly lying, or they are so lacking in self-awareness that you should not listen to them anyway.<\/p>\n<p>The divide is not between biased journalists and unbiased journalists, it\u2019s between journalists who are honest and transparent about their biases and journalists who are not. There are no unbiased journalists. There are no unbiased people. You\u2019re either honest about this or you\u2019re not.<\/p>\n<p>Of course journalists should try to be as fair and honest as they can. It\u2019s just the epitome of childlike naivety to believe that western mainstream journalists do this.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No Such Thing As An Objective Journalist: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article: \u2756 I feel like we haven\u2019t been talking enough about the fact that US government agencies\u00a0were just caught\u00a0intimately collaborating with massive online platforms to censor content in the name of regulating the \u201ccognitive [&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":[17039,462,14545,14309,655],"class_list":["post-64030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","tag-caitlin-johnstone","tag-journalism","tag-narrative-control","tag-objectivity","tag-propaganda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64030","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=64030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64031,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64030\/revisions\/64031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}