Political Theatre category archive
Pandemic Politics, He Went to Jared Dept. 0
Sam speaks with Heather Digby Parton, of Hullabaloo and Salon, primarily about Donald Trump’s reaction inaction to COVID-19. It’s about half an hour, but well worth your while in these viral times.
Aside:
At about the 25-minute mark, Sam advances an interesting theory as to why Republican office holders are opposing Trump’s trial balloon about staging a coup postponing the election.
Going Viral 0
At AZCentral, E. J. Montini is raising Cain concerning communicating coronavirus in crowds.
Republican Family Values, Suffer the Children Dept. 0
AZCentral’s Elvia Diaz wants to know what ICE is doing to the children.
Taken to the Cleaners, Reprise 0
Scott Martelle follows the money.
Taken to the Cleaners 0
David follows the money (Warning: 20 second ad at the beginning).
“But It’s the Only Possible Explanation . . . .” 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Jade Wu takes a look at why persons are susceptible to conspiracy theories and how said theories take root. Here’s one of the reasons she offers as to the latter factor (emphasis in the original); follow the link for the complete article and citations.
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In other words, the act of believing in conspiracy theories is its own fuel. The more we believe in one, the more likely we are to believe in others, even if they’re contradictory.
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
The Denver Post, in an AP article, explores the role of “social” media in promoting anti-social behavior in these viral times.
All the News that Fits 0
Steven M. looks askance at the slanted news coverage emanating from (primarily) right-wing news corporations (I’m not talking about Twitter twits or Facebook frolickers or wacky websites here), particularly Fox News and Sinclair Broadcasting.
But that’s only part of the story.
Con artists cannot succeed without easy marks, and the United States has more than its share of persons willing to believe anything that props up their prejudices and bolsters their bigotry, despite the evidence of objective reality, sometimes despite the evidence of their own eyes.