The media has never been credible. Their sold job is to manufacture consent for wars, keep you dumb, convince you poverty is great, and that cigarettes are bad.

Quoting @thetrocro: We’re witnessing the inner struggle of media between the authority to offhandedly construct and enforce narratives on the one hand, and maintaining their credibility in the face of 3rd-party fact checking and expert criticism on the other.

Henry’s note: dispatched straight to the wire — the post is the whole story. Context and links land as Henry replays the record.