Newsletter 05/08/2023 - Why Mainstream Media Is Devoid Of Knowledge

Dr. Phil recently had an episode of microdosing where no insightful opinions or historical information was presented. It was basically an hour of nothing. No mention of how Nixon criminalized it just to persecute dissidents, or how it has religious significance in many societies that are indigenous to the US. The discussion around psilocybin came from a boomer perspective and ultimately failed to say anything knowledgeable. It made me question why Oprah even made this man a doctor. They kept speaking about psilocybin as if it fell down from an alien spaceship yesterday and was completely unknown to humanity, despite the history we have about it going back thousands of years. And of course they brought in an agent from the DEA to give the obligatory statements about it being a slippery slope to the dangerous drugs.

I get annoyed because before you get on television to talk about something, you should understand it. When the mainstream media speaks about something, they bring in people with various opinions rather than those who are knowledgeable about the subject. They find people who are biased in obvious ways and give them a platform over those who have actual knowledge and experience. This is very liberal in the way they do not question who should be given a platform regardless of knowledge or expertise on a subject.

This is not intentional, and the reason they bring anyone on television except for people who know what they are actually talking about is just to make the viewer feel that they are being informed on issues while not allowing them the actual capacity to make informed decisions. It is meant to promote reactionary worldviews and keep the masses ignorant.