Comments on: Letters on Recession http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/letters-on-recession Rants and musings about things political, philosophical, and religious. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:51:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kelly W. http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/letters-on-recession#comment-58748 Kelly W. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:28:00 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/letters-on-recession#comment-58748 Connor posted this back in March of '08. At that time no one in the media wanted to admit we were in a recession. It would have messed with the upcoming campaign season. McCain was claiming up until September the 15th that "the fundamentals of the economy are sound." Now the election is over, we are getting the Powers That Be to admit that not only are we in a recession, but we've been in one for a full year. The Powers That Be were lying to us all along. Connor posted this back in March of ’08. At that time no one in the media wanted to admit we were in a recession. It would have messed with the upcoming campaign season. McCain was claiming up until September the 15th that “the fundamentals of the economy are sound.”

Now the election is over, we are getting the Powers That Be to admit that not only are we in a recession, but we’ve been in one for a full year.

The Powers That Be were lying to us all along.

]]> By: Connor http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/letters-on-recession#comment-54288 Connor Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:31:42 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/letters-on-recession#comment-54288 The Daily Herald finally posted my letter, as shown above. I just caught a typo in the first sentence. What's funny is that they struck two of my sentences, but didn't catch the typo (if you click on the link to go to their site, you'll see "the the" in the first sentence, which was an error in my submission). So much for editing! :) The Daily Herald finally posted my letter, as shown above. I just caught a typo in the first sentence. What’s funny is that they struck two of my sentences, but didn’t catch the typo (if you click on the link to go to their site, you’ll see “the the” in the first sentence, which was an error in my submission). So much for editing! :)

]]> By: Connor http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/letters-on-recession#comment-54122 Connor Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:17:06 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/letters-on-recession#comment-54122 <em>People who think they are abreast of the truth because they read the newspaper are sadly misinformed.</em> Thomas Jefferson would <a href="http://quoty.connorboyack.com/quote/543" rel="nofollow">agree with that</a>. People who think they are abreast of the truth because they read the newspaper are sadly misinformed.

Thomas Jefferson would agree with that.

]]> By: Kelly W. http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/letters-on-recession#comment-54121 Kelly W. Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:06:21 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/letters-on-recession#comment-54121 Interesting, they struck the complete paragraph that really defines inflation. The fact that we have 42% more money now is the real cause of inflation - inflation of the supply of money! This inflation of the supply of money creates the price increase at the consumer level. The media selectively controls what PTB want us normal people to know. They do this by "gatekeeping' information. The information we do end up getting in the MSM is either massaged, or outright eliminated. In this case, the PTB and the MSM don't want us to know the real cause of inflation - which is directly related to unconstitutional manipulation of the money supply. Gatekeeping is actually a form of propaganda - even more effective than outright lying to us. Usually, people who send in editorials to the editor get frustrated, and then give up after a few attempts. They see that they are ineffective in getting their full opinions into print. This is what editors had in mind all along. I have had similar experiences, and had a revealing email exchange between me and the assistant editor of the Ogden Standard Examiner newspaper. He wrote to me that he agreed with my opinions more than I thought, but unfortunately journalism is more about advertising and gatekeeping than it is about conveying facts. (Yes, he actually used the word gatekeeping!) I have since given up trying to use the newspapers as a way to get my opinions out to the public via letters to the editor. I don't want my writings to be "gatekept." Thankfully, Connor can use his blog as a means to show the gatekeeping tactics of newspapers. People who think they are abreast of the truth because they read the newspaper are sadly misinformed. Interesting, they struck the complete paragraph that really defines inflation. The fact that we have 42% more money now is the real cause of inflation – inflation of the supply of money! This inflation of the supply of money creates the price increase at the consumer level.

The media selectively controls what PTB want us normal people to know. They do this by “gatekeeping’ information. The information we do end up getting in the MSM is either massaged, or outright eliminated.

In this case, the PTB and the MSM don’t want us to know the real cause of inflation – which is directly related to unconstitutional manipulation of the money supply.

Gatekeeping is actually a form of propaganda – even more effective than outright lying to us.

Usually, people who send in editorials to the editor get frustrated, and then give up after a few attempts. They see that they are ineffective in getting their full opinions into print. This is what editors had in mind all along.

I have had similar experiences, and had a revealing email exchange between me and the assistant editor of the Ogden Standard Examiner newspaper. He wrote to me that he agreed with my opinions more than I thought, but unfortunately journalism is more about advertising and gatekeeping than it is about conveying facts. (Yes, he actually used the word gatekeeping!)

I have since given up trying to use the newspapers as a way to get my opinions out to the public via letters to the editor. I don’t want my writings to be “gatekept.”

Thankfully, Connor can use his blog as a means to show the gatekeeping tactics of newspapers. People who think they are abreast of the truth because they read the newspaper are sadly misinformed.

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