The only political message I have

[TheBest]

Based and Nullpilled

 

[Null]

Idk null. Does that mean my local news station is feeding me propaganda?

What local station? You mean the local news branch of a megacorp news company?

It's propaganda. All of it.

 

[Rebel Wilson]

I regret I was not around in this faggots thread to bully him into suicide because lol i think they did us all a massive favour

 

[WeWuzFinns]

The 24 hour news cycle broke journalism for good.

It has always been broken, but technology and globalization has made this more apparent. If journos can just straight up promote hoaxes in the age of the Internet, just imagine what they could get away with when there were not millions of people looking. It is probably wise to have an extremely agnostic view on the history, as there is no reason to trust any narrative.

 

[Pizdec]

If anyone wants a better reason to not trust the media, I recommend reading or listening to Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator by Ryan Holiday. It really goes into detail as to why websites like Gawker or Kotaku constantly flip flop and dump info on you. It's dated pre gamergate, but I still think it's a worth while read.

Edit to add: I wanted to at least give a good idea of something Ryan Holiday wrote in the book, it's not a verbatim quote, but the gist is this: Blogs like Gawker, Kotaku, Engadget, etc, exist with the intent of writing articles for views to gain ad rev. More views, more rev, but beyond that, their goal is simple: be bought out by a bigger outlet and walk away with the earnings.

 

[Jones McCann]

You know it always seemed to me that there has been a more interesting scoop in all this, that someone faked his death and the entire internet and media are up in arms over a lie. That is, its something that'd be so easy to blow the lid off of and people are ready to see the media start holding itself accountable for bullshit in the era of fake news, but has any big name outlet even questioned the narrative in the slightest?
These people aren't even vaguely interested in reporting. I dont know why they became journalists but they don't give a shit about journalism, enough that this story has been festering out in the sun for who knows how long and no one has even bothered to look at it. It's one thing to be an incompetent journalist, its another to just not fucking give a shit at all and only pretend to be one so that someone can use you to spread disinformation. There's not even self interest or ambition anymore, in making a name for themselves and standing out from the pack, to motivate anyone to pick this up. It's pretty damning for modern journalism as a whole

I wouldn't blame individual journalists totally for the state of modern journalism. There's much more blame to be had with the institutions that hire these parasites and allow their lies to be published. I believe people have rose-coloured glasses when it comes to what journalism has been historically; despite a few individuals who are interest in telling the truth above all else, most are there to reinforce the narrative for the "public good". Anyone who chooses to tell the truth about Byuu, and therefore align themselves with the people that "killed" him and would totally ostracize themselves from the people they work with. Telling a lie is the path of least resistance for these people, telling the truth amounts to crucifying yourself.

 

[Das Bucket]

Whoever Near is, fuck them for having a thread made about them that led to me clicking an attachment and seeing a giant pumped up penis.

 

[That Guy Who Likes The Chili]

Burden of proof, for real, when are they going to prove this faggot is even dead? Or was alive in the first place?

 

[Umaibae]

A death should be the easiest thing to prove conclusively.

Not in Japan.

Only way I'll believe this fag is dead is when I see an obituary

Not in Japan.

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

Whoever Near is, fuck them for having a thread made about them that led to me clicking an attachment and seeing a giant pumped up penis.

Lick the Catgirl Cock transphobe

 

[Butwhythough]

What a bunch of parasites. Must be a slow news day for being so late to bring this up. What's it been, like almost a month?

 

[World's Smallest Violin]

The Eternal Journo

 

[Hollywood Hulk Hogan]

Man, that article is yellow journalism to its core. They couldn't get anything spicy enough out of Null, so they bring in a bunch of quotes from literally who "experts" and "psychologists" that may or may not even exist.

@Hollywood Hulk Hogan what do you think of this?

I am skeptical the person died, too. No obituary or anything has been linked and the only person claiming it is that one person, who is probably in on it

 

[Orange Rhymer]

What local station? You mean the local news branch of a megacorp news company?

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It's propaganda. All of it.

I truly wish it was: "...Extremely Dangerous to our Democracy"

In truth, it actually killed our Constitutional Republic.

 

[Butwhythough]

Not in Japan.

Not in Japan.

The U.S. has a website that records all deaths even outside of the country as long as they never renounced their citizenship. It gets updated every few months. I can't remember the website but it's in the byuu thread.

 

[frozenrunner]

The funny thing is that I don't think Byuu realizes the monster he's unleashed. People will protect the narrative at any costs and so he could come out today, explain he faked everything with ample evidence, and people won't believe him.

Remember, all that matters to "progressives" is narrative. Reality can only get in the way of a preferable narrative and must be brought to heel.

 

[Spoonomancer]

Not in Japan.

Not in Japan.

HOWEVER, ON INT'L SOIL: Foreigner deaths are also usually seen as reported on the local news. This death would have been announced by now if Near had gone with his suicide.

 

[LiquidKid]

What “respected developed” committed suicide?
Byuu is both not dead and not respected

Not in Japan.

Not in Japan.

Bro, I know more native Japanese people than any American probably should, and all of the ones I asked thought this whole thing was fishy, even the ones currently in Japan. Not only are obituaries common, companies usually issue statements about employee’s who commit suicide.

we should absolutely be able to check obituaries. No corpses, likely no death

 

[Umaibae]

HOWEVER, ON INT'L SOIL: Foreigner deaths are also usually seen as reported on the local news. This death would have been announced by now if Near had gone with his suicide.

No. This is not true. Foreigners of all ethnicities die here every day. Spouses. Children. Students. Employees. Dependents. The only time it makes the news is if it’s a crime/suspected crime (ie: murder, someone reported missing then turns up dead, etc) or a famous person. Trust me. Foreigners (and Japanese people) off themselves all the time. It is not news.

Japan doesn’t care about a random foreigner who felt like they had their feelings hurt online from people outside Japan.

the pro wrestler who killed herself here a year or so ago only made the news because 1) famous in Japan and 2) bullying came from Japan, so they could prosecute the people involved.

 

[Bunny Tracks]

If weebs and other faggots still wanna tell me that the Japs aren't gonna say a damn thing about whether, or not Byuu is actually dead, even after all this press coverage because he's "just some white gaijin, and people kill themselves all the time over there", both they, and Japan are more pozzed than I thought.

Of course, this is assuming the furfag was even Japan to begin with as it seems incredibly likely now that he never actually was.