Re: Jones is like a dog on a chain that knows exactly how far he can go and stops just before the end Archived Message
Posted by johnhol on February 27, 2019, 4:00 pm, in reply to "Jones is like a dog on a chain that knows exactly how far he can go and stops just before the end "
Michael Parenti quote: 'Oddly enough, if you talk to most reporters, most of the reporters I know who are giving me stories about censorship, about top-down control and all, are ex-reporters. They're often people - I began noticing, "Well I used to work for Associated Press...", or "Well, I used to work for CBS..." – "Well I used to..." The ones who are still in there absolutely vehemently deny that there's any such thing like this. They get very indignant. They say: "Are you telling me that I'm not my own man? I'll have you know that in 17 years with this paper I always say what I like." And I say to them: "You say what you like, because they like what you say." 'And, you know, the minute you move too far - and you have no sensation of a restraint on your freedom. I mean, you don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day. It's only if you then begin to wander to a prohibited perimeter that you feel the tug, you see. So you're free because your ideological perspective is congruent with that of your boss. So you have no sensation of being at odds with your boss.' ('Michael Parenti - Inventing Reality', YouTube, talk on 17 October 1993)
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Message Thread:
- Chris Williamson vilified for trying to show The Witch-hunt in parliament - johnhol February 27, 2019, 1:28 am
- This is Paedominster, Mr. W! We'll have no freedom of information and democracy hear! NOM - Rhisiart Gwilym February 27, 2019, 6:54 am
- Review of Witchhunt - johnhol February 27, 2019, 8:30 am
- No surprise to see Smeeth - Raskolnikov February 27, 2019, 8:56 am
- BBC on form and doing it's bit - ken February 27, 2019, 10:21 am
- Beyond belief - AlanG February 27, 2019, 11:50 am
- Prepare to be unsurprised by Owen Jones's response - johnhol February 27, 2019, 12:56 pm
- Re: Chris Williamson vilified for trying to show The Witch-hunt in parliament - johnlilburne February 27, 2019, 4:30 pm
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