{"id":36341,"date":"2013-05-26T15:39:49","date_gmt":"2013-05-26T14:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/alternative-media-forcing-real-issues-into-national-news-coverage\/36341\/"},"modified":"2013-05-26T15:39:49","modified_gmt":"2013-05-26T14:39:49","slug":"alternative-media-forcing-real-issues-into-national-news-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/alternative-media-forcing-real-issues-into-national-news-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternative media forcing real issues into national news coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeffrey Phelps<\/strong><br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/article\/alternative-media-forcing-real-issues-into-national-news-coverage\">examiner.com<\/a><br \/>May 26, 2013<br \/><!-- NO_ADS_IN_ARTICLE --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.infowars.com\/2013\/05\/i\/general\/maddowtwisted.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">MSNBC\u2019s Maddow is strangely and ironically begging the GOP to stop listening to Alex Jones and the alternative media, as if this not only threatens the GOP, but also as if she actually cares about the Republican party. Who\u2019s twisted? Credits: Rachel Maddow \/ Facebook<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/topic\/rachel-maddow\">Rachel Maddow<\/a>\u2019s continued <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/maddow-hammers-crack-pot-alex-jones-oklahoma-tornado-weather-weapon-conspiracy-theory\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">coverage of Alex Jones<\/a><\/strong><strong> and the weather weapons issue is further proof the so-called \u201calternative\u201d media is winning the info-war.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It used to be so easy for the national media to pretend government conspiracies, in large part, didn\u2019t exist. Even when the vast amount of high-level conspiracies, that have occurred throughout the years, played out in front of news audiences in the US, on a routine bases, skilled teleprompter programmers and those who read the teleprompters in front of the public, like Rachel Maddow, or her (alleged opposite) counterpart Bill O\u2019Reilly and their predecessors, were somehow able to fool the masses into believing they were all generally anomalies that almost never occurred, or didn\u2019t occur at all.<\/p>\n<p>The same way Americans in the early 1900s would have never expected the government to give <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/theunjustmedia.com\/Banking%20&amp;%20Federal%20Reserve\/The%20Federal%20Reserve%20is%20Privately%20owned.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">private banking families<\/a> control over the US economy and allow them to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themoneymasters.com\/the-money-masters\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">slowly steal all the wealth<\/a> through the implementation of the Fed and the dollar, is the same way they would have never imagined the government would have had <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.org\/newsroom\/article.asp?id=408\" rel=\"nofollow\">prior knowledge<\/a>, yet still allow the attack on Pearl Harbor to occur, or pull off a false flag attack in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/07\/15\/world\/asia\/15vietnam.html?_r=3&amp;emc=eta1\" rel=\"nofollow\">the Gulf of Tonkin<\/a>, as excuses for war.<\/p>\n<p>People in the US have, in large part, long suffered from the \u201cit can\u2019t happen here\u201d syndrome, largely thanks to newscasters and those who read the copy, which has allowed people in positions of authority to get away with far more than they ever should have throughout the years.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the age of the widespread internet, that even some of the poorest in America and around the world now have regular access to, it was much easier to make the public at large assume, through careful use of language and the way in which the news was structured, politicians and the types of individuals seeking power were generally the types of people one could trust, even with the most sensitive aspects of the constitution and the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the obvious historical reality individuals seeking power regularly prove to be the type of people that cannot be trusted with the vast power they assume in government, one of the most important and regularly stated warnings given by the founders and for obvious reasons, the national media has turned out to be a weapon of disinformation for the establishment and the power elite and acts as though the vast majority of the power-hungry are almost infallible and generally free of the need for constant scrutiny. When the opposite is glaringly true.<\/p>\n<p>As time keeps ticking into the future and more people start seeking alternatives to what used to be relatively very few sources for news and information, such as the alternative media\u2019s top-ranked \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/listen-on-the-internet\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Alex Jones Show<\/a>,\u201d proving again necessity is the mother of invention, people are beginning to realize there are views, growing increasingly credible, that are in stark contrast to those portrayed as accurate on establishment and corporate controlled media, on either side of the always pro-establishment \u201ctwo\u201d party ideology.<\/p>\n<p>As those so-called alternative sources <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/w3U7TOV894g\" rel=\"nofollow\">continue to steal ratings and trust<\/a> away from the corporate (dinosaur) media, threatening the stranglehold of information control they\u2019ve had for many decades, rather than merely pretending alternative views don\u2019t exist or are lacking in credibility, those very teleprompter readers have been forced to more regularly voice the issues and topics their programmers would much rather ignore, in large part due to a fear of losing credibility and viewership altogether.<\/p>\n<p>One of the best examples of just how desperate the establishment media has become, in attempting to discredit the rising alternative media, is not only the constant use of the term <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/topic\/conspiracy\">conspiracy<\/a> \u201ctheory\u201d to describe the alternative media\u2019s views, regardless of the accuracy of those views, but just how often alternative views have been forced into the national spotlight as a result. Within that paradigm, there is perhaps no better example than <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/topic\/msnbc\">MSNBC<\/a>\u2019s \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/id\/26315908\/ns\/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show\/vp\/51985676%20-%2051973039\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Rachel Maddow Show<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the past couple years, Maddow\u2019s producers and programmers, although not exclusive to MSNBC or Rachel\u2019s Show, have been doing everything they can to attempt regaining some of that lost viewership and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.people-press.org\/2012\/08\/16\/further-decline-in-credibility-ratings-for-most-news-organizations\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">ratings decline<\/a>, by ironically trying to discredit the alternative views they\u2019re being forced to cover.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, Maddow\u2019s attention has turned toward The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/topic\/alex-jones\">Alex Jones<\/a> Show, rather than directing that scrutiny toward a current administration that is much more worthy of that type of attention\u2026 In much the same way she gave past-due attention to the lies told by the Bush administration, during the run-up to the War on Terror, with her recent documentary \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/B5FaMbnINwc\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hubris: Selling the Iraq War<\/a>.\u201d (Another actual conspiracy.)<\/p>\n<p>But of course, none of that type of investigative \u201cjournalism\u201d would ever be needed for a \u201cprogressive\u201d Obama administration, as far as Maddow, or anyone else on MSNBC is concerned. The overarching assertion is, that would be ridiculous to assume\u2026 Why even bother? The very same way FOX News acted while the Bush administration was in office and thus the cycle continues.<\/p>\n<p>Once serious questions about the validity of the official <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/article\/aurora-theater-shooting-court-documents-blows-inside-job-conspiracy-wide-open\">Aurora theater shooting<\/a> narrative turned into just as serious questions about the official <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/article\/sandy-hook-was-an-inside-job\">Sandy Hook school shooting<\/a> narrative in the alternative media, both turning out to possess all the classical signs of being <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/topic\/false-flag-terrorism\">false flag terrorism<\/a> ops for political purposes, complete with a growing portion of the public turning toward a much more credible alternative media for the information you can\u2019t get on liberal entertainment outlets like MSNBC, the folks there must have realized they had no other choice but to engage in an info-war with the alternative media, they were likely hoping they would never have to fight.<\/p>\n<p>But it was after the Boston Marathon bombing when things really started to heat up for Maddow\u2019s producers. Once one of Alex\u2019s reporters made national headlines, after blowing up multiple post-bombing press conferences, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/3FBBM9_saoA\" rel=\"nofollow\">with questions<\/a> officials were hoping never got asked on national TV, such as whether or not the bombing was \u201ca staged, false flag operation to trick the American people into giving up even more of their liberties\u201d than they already have, Alex\u2019s InfoWars.com web traffic spiked to all-time highs\u2026 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/whats-a-false-flag-google-trends-shows-search-term-spike\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">As did the internet search query \u201cfalse flag,\u201d<\/a> prompting <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forwardprogressives.com\/rachel-maddow-annihilates-alex-jones-conspiracies-in-epic-segment\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">another Maddow rant<\/a> that is still used as a heroic liberal talking point on the internet, despite the question\u2019s actual validity.<\/p>\n<p>All that may pale in comparison however to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2013\/05\/23\/maddow-will-weather-weapon-talk-finally-drive-gop-away-from-alex-jones\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">this week\u2019s Maddow rant<\/a>, after Alex\u2019s take on the possibility Monday\u2019s Oklahoma tornado, tearing apart a large portion of Moore, OK and killing at least 24 people, may have also been the work of a rogue government operation, timed to distract attention away from the growing scandals rocking the Obama administration and threatening his public reputation. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/nbc-obama-scandals-take-a-pause-because-of-tornado\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">A distraction<\/a> even the mainstream press admitted welcoming.<\/p>\n<p>The problem here, at least for Maddow, her teleprompter programmers and ultimately her viewers, is how they twisted and distorted <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/0hp-2zUXa_U\" rel=\"nofollow\">what Alex actually said<\/a>, in order for the statements made on her show to sound legitimate and attempt to do the most possible damage to Alex\u2019s growing reputation, while doing everything they can to avoid the issue at hand.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than digging into why Alex would make such accusations, or if this type of weather manipulation was even possible, in the same way \u201cMaddow\u201d dug into the War on Terror lies told by the Neocons (as if she actually made the documentary herself), Maddow\u2019s show instead engaged in the kind of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/rachel-maddows-jihad-against-alex-jones-part-ii\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">child-like personal character attacks<\/a>, typically seen on shows like hers, when the national news industry embarks on a mission to distract viewers\u2019 attention from why these well-researched assertions, referred to as conspiracy \u201ctheories,\u201d are being made in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the knowledge <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.weathermodification.com\/projects.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">weather modification<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/nsb\/publications\/1965\/nsb1265.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">manipulation programs (PDF)<\/a> have existed for decades, and growing more technologically advanced with every passing year, her teleprompter programmers decided to treat their waning audience like a class of grade-schoolers, unworthy of being afforded the respect of an intelligent debate. The reason for that is, the very same reason she\u2019s even talking about Jones and the alternative media in the first place, they have no choice.<\/p>\n<p>But therein lies the irony of the circumstances. As they continue treating their audience like a bunch of morons, while being forced to cover the alternative media and the issues they would much rather ignore, she and others like her continue alienating and disenfranchising their viewers, as evidenced <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2013\/05\/23\/maddow-will-weather-weapon-talk-finally-drive-gop-away-from-alex-jones\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">in the comments sections<\/a> of the articles that once housed almost nothing but praise for her own brand of hubris.<\/p>\n<p>If, in fact, people like Alex Jones and Rand Paul are actually doing damage to the GOP, as her teleprompter programmers forced her to say during the show\u2019s most recent Alex Jones conspiracy related episode segment, why then would she even bother to cover it? Wouldn\u2019t that be something she and her \u201cprogressive\u201d constituency would have been praying for all along, alleged \u201cnut-jobs\u201d ultimately ruining the Republican Party? Does anyone else find it particularly odd, or revealing, she would be begging conservatives and republicans in Washington to stop listening to the alternative media and people like Alex Jones?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe the better question asked is whether or not it\u2019s time to stop tuning in and listening to people like Rachel Maddow, altogether.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Info:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Google: \u201cweather modification programs\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defense.gov\/transcripts\/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=674\" rel=\"nofollow\">Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen<\/a> (1997): \u201cOthers are engaging even in an eco- type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves. So there are plenty of ingenious minds out there that are at work finding ways in which they can wreak terror upon other nations. It\u2019s real, and that\u2019s the reason why we have to intensify our efforts, and that\u2019s why this is so important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Environmental_Modification_Convention\" rel=\"nofollow\">1978 Convention<\/a> Treaty on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/VA1YZzI0wSs\" rel=\"nofollow\">Al Gore admits \u201cchemtrails\u201d are used<\/a> as a form of \u201cpreventing global warming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>theguradian: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2012\/feb\/06\/bill-gates-climate-scientists-geoengineering\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bill Gates backs climate scientists lobbying for large-scale geoengineering<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AmericanDream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/endoftheamericandream.com\/archives\/solid-proof-that-weather-modification-projects-are-being-conducted-all-over-the-united-states\" rel=\"nofollow\">Solid Proof That Weather Modification Projects Are Being Conducted All Over the United States<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/UFFgm-Xzopk\" rel=\"nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>) RE: Rachel Maddow DENIES Weather Modification = Serious Misinformation<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/user\/4448141\/9375731\/subscribe\">Automatic Conspiracy Examiner updates<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit, like and follow these related pages:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Conspiracy-Examiner\/115925095196881\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ConspiracyExaminer\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook II<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/conspiracy_x\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/celebs4truth\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter II<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/VidTruth\" rel=\"nofollow\">YouTube<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/NewOrderNews\" rel=\"nofollow\">YouTube II<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/conspiracyexaminer.blogspot.com\/2013\/05\/alternative-media-forcing-real-issues.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mirror<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      &lt;!&#8211; <\/p>\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n<p> &#8211;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>This article was posted: Sunday, May 26, 2013  at  8:41 am<\/p>\n<p>Tags: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/tag\/domestic-news-2\/\" rel=\"tag\">domestic news<\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\" \/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\" \/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\" \/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\" \/>&lt;!&#8211; this is where we need to show the related articles  <\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles_container\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">Related Articles<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8211;&gt; <\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/alternative-media-forcing-real-issues-into-national-news-coverage\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Alternative media forcing real issues into national news coverage\">Infowars<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeffrey Phelpsexaminer.comMay 26, 2013 MSNBC\u2019s Maddow is strangely and ironically begging the GOP to stop listening to Alex Jones and the alternative media, as if this not only threatens the GOP, but also as if she actually cares about the Republican party. Who\u2019s twisted? 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