In the U.S. corporate media, the surest way to advance is to loyally spread lies and deceit from the U.S. security state. Bertrand is just the latest example.
Let's be clear, we aren't talking about journalists. That's not the line of work.
This is counter-intelligence.
As William Casey allegedly said: "We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false."
Operation Mockingbird was discovered and documented by Congress' Church Committee in 1975; that program placed CIA operatives in high positions throughout mainstream media.
NOTHING was done to ensure this did not continue.
Treating CNN or NPR or FOX or any of that as "news" or "journalism" is like calling our actions in Vietnam or Iraq or West Africa during the slave trade "humanitarian." It is a pretense that should be abandoned.
Our narrative is being constructed; our enemies labeled; our heroes fabricated; our consent manufactured. Glenn and others have documented this ad nauseum for years. This is not, as people often claim, corporations making shit up because "it sells." It doesn't. The "news" part of these media empires is spittle in a bucket of profits; its value is in its ability to shape the world for the other, more profitable ventures.
Our mainstream media empire is an intelligence asset. Full stop. And "reporters" like Natasha Bertrand and Rachel Maddow are either direct employees or themselves assets. They aren't arrogant. They aren't bad journalists. They aren't lazy or unprofessional. They do a job and they do it reasonably well. It's just a different job than most Americans believe.
Glenn's invaluable; when he gets shut down, then we'll know the whip has really come down.
Normally, I don't give many people money; I figure I deserve my dollars more than anyone else. I made Glenn one of the exceptions -- and I'm glad I did.
I truly don't understand why there are only about three journalists who will call this kind of garbage out. The rest of them know that they're despised and no one trusts anything that they say, why don't they care? Even prostitutes take pride in their profession, why not the presstitutes?
Keep smearing their noses in it, Glenn. Maybe someday they'll clean up their broken industry, but I sincerely doubt it. There's too much money to be made by selling lies.
Trump’s greatest achievement wasn’t an all-time record breaking economy; it was the exposure of the intelligence agencies and the permanent government writ large as being in bed with the Democratic Party. FDR warned what would happen if the federal government ever unionized. It’s all pro-Dem top to bottom. Lois Lerner didn’t need a memo over at the IRS. None of them need direction. There are plenty of lone wolf lefties throughout the bureaucracy and now even in uniform. Strangely, in a profound juxtaposition, the enlisted ranks are becoming more Republican while the brass is more Democratic. We effectively have one party rule even when the opposition controls the executive and both houses of the legislature. That’s just the way it is and will remain so for the foreseeable future. I remember when I trusted and believed in the government. Now I don’t believe anything they say without proof. I guess I should’ve taken the blue pill.
Thank you, Glenn. I keep asking this, but what's really in this for Bertrand - and the others like her in the media? Having been in the media for 30 years I just don't get it. My theory is this: it used to be that really smart people went into the media. Sometimes they were corrupt, sometimes they really cared about reporting the truth, sometimes they were drunks wanting a paycheck while writing their novel. But now the people going into media are the pencils who aren't simply not the sharpest, but the pencils in the stack who never ever got sharpened ever. But still I ask, why would you go into the field of reporting if you didn't have a drive to report the truth or that novel you're working on. It's a pathetic career choice to be Bertrand. She's a courtier who'll be thrown to the recyclable heap when she's no longer useful, while Rachel Maddow won't take her calls and will have her millions. But I feel that way about Maddow, too. She's doing propaganda and the people she's doing it for don't respect mere millionaires, only trillionaires. Btw, I just received and started reading Securing Democracy - this book should be read by everyone.
Your articles are becoming declarations of the obvious Glenn. When are you going to stop calling them “media” and journalists? They are properly termed propagandists.
As the state grows increasingly and irreversibly powerful, individuals positions themselves to be part of that power. In this case, instead of reporting news or investigating for truth, the primary activity of journalists is *signaling* to the government via the content of their articles - allegiance to their masters.
This is not limited to media. This is happening everywhere and set aflame by social media. Prominent academics are signaling with their own writings/research in order to be appointed to government roles. Scientists are signaling in order to get on the government gravy train of grants and financial support.
This tactic insures no words ever need to be spoken. Since after all, lying as a journalist, or academic, or CEO, or anything- in order to secure own’s own position in the new politburo would be among the most infernally evil things one could do. Signaling creates plausible deniability that only needs to pass the test of other liars competing for the same spot in the same politburo.
The really interesting thing to me since Glenn published this, is that of all the predictable tweets slamming him, none of them deny the facts as laid out in the article - not a one.
I'm looking forward to many breathless articles declaring that Glenn put Bertrand in literal danger of being killed by ... well, it doesn't matter ... and needs to be immediately removed from Substack. Because safety.
The CIA (and the FBI for that matter) need to be legally eliminated. JFK’s alleged quote to “splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it into the winds” comes to mind. These agencies are an abomination and antithetical to a healthy democratic Republic. This article about their journalistic hirelings and stooges again shows why. The sad news is that with their alliance with the democrat party, corporate media and big tech; along with their masterful duping of half the electorate, they are not going anywhere. Congratulations Gina, Allen (from his sauna in the 7th level of hell) is very proud of you. 😈
For all, if you haven't read Sharyl Atkkisson's book "Slanted: how to love censorship and hate journalism," it explains all of this is 'the narrative.' It sucks, but it helps to understand. Journalism, in the mainstream, is dead. Thanks Glenn!
I've been waiting for you to specifically write on Natasha Bertrand. I have followed her writing very closely since the beginning of Russiagate and, in my opinion, is the most blatantly dishonest reporter on the topic. Unlike Marcy Wheeler, who just plainly has a loose grip on reality and appears to believe the imaginary connections she makes, Natasha Bertrand's writing and its obvious coordination with other messengers demonstrates that Bertrand is no true believer, she is just a propagandist with transactional ethics posing as a journalist.
When we finally get to see the journalists that accepted direct cash payments from Fusion GPS, I won't be surprised if she and Ali Watkins are both among the recipients.
I forwarded this article to what I believe is an intelligent person. Her response was "He doesn't seem like a very happy person and I hope he gets the help he needs"...I'm serious! It's astounding what people say and believe these day's. It's SHOCKING. I'M SHOCKED
First, Bertrand's loyalty is NOT to the mythical "national security," it's to the Democratic Party and left-wing propaganda. That's what she is, a propagandist. She's not a "journalist," she's a political hack. After all, her background is political science, not "security," whatever that is. Second, the CIA and other government agencies became leftwing after Jimmy Carter started letting people in who would have been considered security risks under previous administrations. Brennan is a classic example - the man is an admitted communist. Third, she's always been associated with leftist media. So CNN hired her, who cares? Who watches CNN anyway? I don't watch any of them. I don't have cable anymore. Personally, I wonder if Glenn, Matt and other leftists are starting to realize that they gave allegiance to people with an agenda they no longer agree with.
Be careful, Glenn. Soon they'll be calling you a misogynist.
Let's be clear, we aren't talking about journalists. That's not the line of work.
This is counter-intelligence.
As William Casey allegedly said: "We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false."
Operation Mockingbird was discovered and documented by Congress' Church Committee in 1975; that program placed CIA operatives in high positions throughout mainstream media.
NOTHING was done to ensure this did not continue.
Treating CNN or NPR or FOX or any of that as "news" or "journalism" is like calling our actions in Vietnam or Iraq or West Africa during the slave trade "humanitarian." It is a pretense that should be abandoned.
Our narrative is being constructed; our enemies labeled; our heroes fabricated; our consent manufactured. Glenn and others have documented this ad nauseum for years. This is not, as people often claim, corporations making shit up because "it sells." It doesn't. The "news" part of these media empires is spittle in a bucket of profits; its value is in its ability to shape the world for the other, more profitable ventures.
Our mainstream media empire is an intelligence asset. Full stop. And "reporters" like Natasha Bertrand and Rachel Maddow are either direct employees or themselves assets. They aren't arrogant. They aren't bad journalists. They aren't lazy or unprofessional. They do a job and they do it reasonably well. It's just a different job than most Americans believe.
Glenn's invaluable; when he gets shut down, then we'll know the whip has really come down.
Normally, I don't give many people money; I figure I deserve my dollars more than anyone else. I made Glenn one of the exceptions -- and I'm glad I did.
I truly don't understand why there are only about three journalists who will call this kind of garbage out. The rest of them know that they're despised and no one trusts anything that they say, why don't they care? Even prostitutes take pride in their profession, why not the presstitutes?
Keep smearing their noses in it, Glenn. Maybe someday they'll clean up their broken industry, but I sincerely doubt it. There's too much money to be made by selling lies.
Trump’s greatest achievement wasn’t an all-time record breaking economy; it was the exposure of the intelligence agencies and the permanent government writ large as being in bed with the Democratic Party. FDR warned what would happen if the federal government ever unionized. It’s all pro-Dem top to bottom. Lois Lerner didn’t need a memo over at the IRS. None of them need direction. There are plenty of lone wolf lefties throughout the bureaucracy and now even in uniform. Strangely, in a profound juxtaposition, the enlisted ranks are becoming more Republican while the brass is more Democratic. We effectively have one party rule even when the opposition controls the executive and both houses of the legislature. That’s just the way it is and will remain so for the foreseeable future. I remember when I trusted and believed in the government. Now I don’t believe anything they say without proof. I guess I should’ve taken the blue pill.
Thank you, Glenn. I keep asking this, but what's really in this for Bertrand - and the others like her in the media? Having been in the media for 30 years I just don't get it. My theory is this: it used to be that really smart people went into the media. Sometimes they were corrupt, sometimes they really cared about reporting the truth, sometimes they were drunks wanting a paycheck while writing their novel. But now the people going into media are the pencils who aren't simply not the sharpest, but the pencils in the stack who never ever got sharpened ever. But still I ask, why would you go into the field of reporting if you didn't have a drive to report the truth or that novel you're working on. It's a pathetic career choice to be Bertrand. She's a courtier who'll be thrown to the recyclable heap when she's no longer useful, while Rachel Maddow won't take her calls and will have her millions. But I feel that way about Maddow, too. She's doing propaganda and the people she's doing it for don't respect mere millionaires, only trillionaires. Btw, I just received and started reading Securing Democracy - this book should be read by everyone.
CNN in general is deranged
Your articles are becoming declarations of the obvious Glenn. When are you going to stop calling them “media” and journalists? They are properly termed propagandists.
As the state grows increasingly and irreversibly powerful, individuals positions themselves to be part of that power. In this case, instead of reporting news or investigating for truth, the primary activity of journalists is *signaling* to the government via the content of their articles - allegiance to their masters.
This is not limited to media. This is happening everywhere and set aflame by social media. Prominent academics are signaling with their own writings/research in order to be appointed to government roles. Scientists are signaling in order to get on the government gravy train of grants and financial support.
This tactic insures no words ever need to be spoken. Since after all, lying as a journalist, or academic, or CEO, or anything- in order to secure own’s own position in the new politburo would be among the most infernally evil things one could do. Signaling creates plausible deniability that only needs to pass the test of other liars competing for the same spot in the same politburo.
The really interesting thing to me since Glenn published this, is that of all the predictable tweets slamming him, none of them deny the facts as laid out in the article - not a one.
I'm looking forward to many breathless articles declaring that Glenn put Bertrand in literal danger of being killed by ... well, it doesn't matter ... and needs to be immediately removed from Substack. Because safety.
The CIA (and the FBI for that matter) need to be legally eliminated. JFK’s alleged quote to “splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it into the winds” comes to mind. These agencies are an abomination and antithetical to a healthy democratic Republic. This article about their journalistic hirelings and stooges again shows why. The sad news is that with their alliance with the democrat party, corporate media and big tech; along with their masterful duping of half the electorate, they are not going anywhere. Congratulations Gina, Allen (from his sauna in the 7th level of hell) is very proud of you. 😈
For all, if you haven't read Sharyl Atkkisson's book "Slanted: how to love censorship and hate journalism," it explains all of this is 'the narrative.' It sucks, but it helps to understand. Journalism, in the mainstream, is dead. Thanks Glenn!
I've been waiting for you to specifically write on Natasha Bertrand. I have followed her writing very closely since the beginning of Russiagate and, in my opinion, is the most blatantly dishonest reporter on the topic. Unlike Marcy Wheeler, who just plainly has a loose grip on reality and appears to believe the imaginary connections she makes, Natasha Bertrand's writing and its obvious coordination with other messengers demonstrates that Bertrand is no true believer, she is just a propagandist with transactional ethics posing as a journalist.
When we finally get to see the journalists that accepted direct cash payments from Fusion GPS, I won't be surprised if she and Ali Watkins are both among the recipients.
I forwarded this article to what I believe is an intelligent person. Her response was "He doesn't seem like a very happy person and I hope he gets the help he needs"...I'm serious! It's astounding what people say and believe these day's. It's SHOCKING. I'M SHOCKED
First, Bertrand's loyalty is NOT to the mythical "national security," it's to the Democratic Party and left-wing propaganda. That's what she is, a propagandist. She's not a "journalist," she's a political hack. After all, her background is political science, not "security," whatever that is. Second, the CIA and other government agencies became leftwing after Jimmy Carter started letting people in who would have been considered security risks under previous administrations. Brennan is a classic example - the man is an admitted communist. Third, she's always been associated with leftist media. So CNN hired her, who cares? Who watches CNN anyway? I don't watch any of them. I don't have cable anymore. Personally, I wonder if Glenn, Matt and other leftists are starting to realize that they gave allegiance to people with an agenda they no longer agree with.