On August 2, Ochelli & Sottile delved into the cognitive dissonance and counter-messaging now turning the 2016 Presidential campaign into a matrix of confusion and compliance. At issue is whether or not Trump’s candidacy has become a Hindenburg of conspiracy conflation that, when it explodes, will take important truths down with it. LISTEN HERE (JP…
Every Tuesday at 6pm PST, Your Friendly Neighborhood Newsvandal joins the great Chuck Ochelli for a whiz-bang hour of this, that and the other thing. On Feb 16, Ochelli & Sottile pondered everything from fake Parmesan cheese to Trump’s potential challenge to unfettered capital flows. LISTEN HERE (JP begins at 1:00:00). And tune-in every week…
The great dismissive of our times is the term “conspiracy theory.” It closes off debate. It paints anyone who doesn’t buy the propaganda, questions the anomalies of official cover stories…anyone who connects the unconnected dots…as crazy, paranoid cranks cavorting with Oliver Stone on the grassy knoll of history. Enter Danielle Pletka. As VP of Foreign…
Conspiracy Theory. It’s the epithet par excellance of our modern political environment. It’s crushes debate, walls off the truth into an intellectual ghetto and undermines any collection of facts that point to nefarious decision-making by those in power. Funny, though, that every day people are charged with criminal conspiracy in courthouses across America. When two…