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Glen Jackson's avatar

This is not incompetence. This is not bias. This is coordinated institutional capture at a level that would have seemed impossible to articulate in polite company until very recently, except that a screenwriter named Paddy Chayefsky laid out the exact blueprint in 1976, and nobody wanted to believe him because the truth was too ugly.

Renee Marie's avatar

Great movie! I’ve seen it a few times. I remember when the movie got 4 academy awards, and 10 nominations. I was 12 years old! I always watched “adult films” (not porn-lol).

“I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!!!!”

I threw my television in the garbage 22 years ago. You’re preaching to the choir!

I think people in general don’t realize the evil that exists in the world. I do.

People also don’t realize how much Light, and Goodness is in the world either. I do.

Turn it off and go to Nature for Truth.

This is so big, I think Divine Intervention is the only answer. It is happening now in God’s “time” (time doesn’t exist in my humble opinion).

Thank you for the great commentary!

🐺The Wise Wolf's avatar

lol 'not porn' sureeee renee, sureeee! haha

Renee Marie's avatar

When I wrote it, it sounded bad😉-lol! As a kid, the “R” rated movies were “adult movies”. My dad always took me to them. Kids could go if you were with an adult.

“Midnight Express”, “The Deer Hunter”, “Tales From the Crypt”, “Ben”…you get the point😉.

It was definitely a different time. The 70’s and 80’s were 👍.

Milret2's avatar

I think they may have been the best years of our lives … along with the sixties where I was a teenager.

Renee Marie's avatar

It was so innocent! Yes, ignorance is bliss!

Sometimes I watch old tv commercials just for some nostalgia 🥺.

Frank Toth's avatar

WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IS WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG FOR PEOPLE IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO WAKE THE HELL UP AND NOT YET REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN LIED TOO, ON SO MANY LEVELS THAT IT IS JUST MIND NUMBING? OH!! WAIT!! COULD IT BE THAT THE DE-EDUCATION SYSTEM NEVER TAUGHT THEM TO CRITICALLY THINK? AND THERE IN LIES THE PROBLEM! IF ENOUGH PEOPLE COULD WAKE THE HELL UP AND COME TOGETHER, THEN THERE COULD BE A CHANCE FOR THE TRUTH TO COME OUT, AND THEN WE COULD LOCK UP THESE CRIMINALS FOREVER. THE FIRST WAY TO START TO STOP THEM IS TO NOT BUY THERE CRAP, AND STOP SUBSCRIBING TO TV. THE ONLY OTHER SOLUTION IS A 2ND AMERICAN REVOLUTION, AND THAT IS WHY YOU HAVE THE 2ND AMENDMENT. HOW MUCH LONGER DO YOU WANT THIS INSANITY TO CONTINUE?? DON'T YOU ALL THINK IT IS WAY PAST TIME FOR A REAL CHANGE?

Suzy Lindgren's avatar

I thank God I homeschooled my children and taught them critical thinking and rhetoric, as well as, and most importantly, to love to read. They love the Lord but are also leary of the church people who embrace Trump and excuse away his horrendous crimes and disgusting personality..

I heard about the movie Idiocracy and watched a little bit, but it's way too vulgar ~ I don't recommend it, but WOW! The president in that movie and the people! It's a Jerry Springer show🤢

I will check out Network DVD at my library and play it on my dumb tv..

All the world is a stage.. Glad God has a plan and we can choose what we believe and not rely on others to tell us what to think!

Milret2's avatar

You will love Network.

Elias Lumen's avatar

I can predict exactly what the large majority of the population is going to do about it.

Other than howl their outrage into the curated funnel we call social media, absolutely nothing.

Stop buying their crap.

Stop watching their media.

Most importantly, stop arguing amongst ourselves.

The most valuable currency on the planet is your attention.

Keep feeding the Beast with it and the Beast keeps getting bigger.

Fabius's avatar

The billionnaires also own the FBI. This begs the question: Why did they publish these files at all?

Elle's avatar

They released them to psychologically stun the nation while they continue to spray us like bugs.

Yolanda D.'s avatar

Damn…You’re good!

Heather Woodside's avatar

I’m assuming bc the owners are billionaires with ties to those bastards

VSBobby's avatar

The people that sat behind AG bonding in court were not victims… they are actresses/actors. Why on earth would they let go on a talk show where their full visuals are made, and some of their names are revealed. There are nothing more than props for the Democratic Party. I’m not a republican. I am not a democrat. I am a constitutionalist. What I do know is that this writer has gotten her preconceived biases a little mixed up.

George Romey's avatar

Above all the corporate press is there to serve the requirements and delights of the wealthy and power. All their talk of "the people" is a smoke screen.

MoodyP's avatar

Agree with 90%. But facts matter and the following is not true.

“Trump’s name appears over one million times in the unredacted documents. One million.”

This number was uttered by Jamie Raskin who later clarified he misspoke.

The NYT latest review states 38,000 references, which include Melania, Mar a Lago and other items in the Trump orbit. 1000s of the references are simply newspaper clippings.

He’s mentioned a lot. But it’s not a million. Not even close.

cmdr cool's avatar

cos ziojews own the media

Michael  Lynch's avatar

"NETWORK" has been transformed, just as "IDIOCRACY" was. Both were satirical could now be realistically classed as historic documentaries or prophetic. For those who never watched the Mike Judge Classic "IDIOCRACY", it is a clear picture of the society that we live in today.

Comfy in the Chaos's avatar

They're not prosecuting because no one would be left, not even the prosecutor.

“Who is watching the watchmen?”

Milret2's avatar

Network was possibly one of the greatest movies ever made … I actually saw it in a movie theater on an army base when I was still a young sprout.

Mac's avatar

Ned Beatty reveals the infrastructure in "Network." Then he updates that reveal in his monologue to Mark Wahlberg in "Shooter."