Extensive government blacklists, revealed by the Twitter Files, are used to censor left-wing and right-wing critics. This censorship apparatus has been turned on the reporter who exposed them.
Hedges despite his caving with the lockdowns and vaccines is still primarily a staunch voice for the powerless. He knows well that fear is the driving force of media and politics. I cannot be a purist on every topic I stand for otherwise there is never a chance for compromise. Most of us would of caved long before he did with the pressures he has faced. There are none who do the things he does for prisoners and none have volunteered to add to his program in that situation. There are valid points to these critiques but this man's career and writing easily proves he is still worthy of respect and I for one am glad he is here to report so. Matt is getting railroaded and Chris clearly points this out while all other mainstream news source are circling the wagons around him. This alone proves he is doing the right thing and had turned into the US version of Assange. Let us, the people, show this is intolerable by backing Matt in a show of solidarity for exposing the truth
Chilling. I have followed Taibbi for at least 6 years in the UK, picking him out as one honest, old school (like his father) reporter. His books bear out this reputation, which h will never be crucified in my eyes. In fact I gave Elon Musk a brownie point because he offered Matt the Twitter files. Pray it will not prove to be a poison challice Dr Jo
No way of knowing them or verifying anything they say. Crazies are out there my dear....I work politically in a conservative area and know this for a fact. Some folks will believe anything if it comes from an authority they trust.
A global pandemic is a special case. Waiting 10 years to bring the vaccine to market would have been catastrophic for the world.....I watched the death toll mount around the world on our CBC....and none of the side effects you cite materialized at anywhere near the numbers to out weigh the benefits of the vaccine.
But you folks in America believe in 'free enterprise'...whatever that is...you don't have universal single payer medical care. What's more, your right wingers rail against its existence in Canada... We continue to have more trust in our health authorities, perhaps because none of us are disqualified from health care by our income....and near the end of the pandemic, when things were lifting....there was a study done that found this statistical fact:
Had we done only as well as you capitalists in Amerika, 70,000 more people would have died.
That's a lot of homes left grieving...that we averted by enforcing mandates, encouraging vaccine take up..........AND.....perhaps most important of all, providing a CERB payment of $2000 a month for workers who lost their jobs.
I'm not saying there weren't people who had adverse reactions to the vaccine...but globally they were a fraction of a fraction compared to the deaths from covid.
I'm a bit shocked still to listen to people who fail to understand that misinformation about side effects of the vaccine often assumes correlation when there is none. You can have a heart attack after many medical procedures, for example.....and not establish any causal connection between the two events.
Just like vaccination doesn't prevent me from dying in a car accident....it doesn't guarantee that all my other underlying conditions will disappear.
For most rational people....the benefits of the vaccine far outweighed the risks.....and in the situation we faced, eliminating all risk was impossible. That realization might make your new hatred for Hedges.........and your angry determination to cast him out from the circle of Truth Tellers, seem extreme.
He disagreed with you. But so do many of us vaccinated people. My partner and I are vaccinated....and boostered. WE both got covid this spring....it was like a bad cold/flu, with this distinction: The lassitude and lack of energy after lasted about 6 weeks.
Even vaccinated, it has a kick. But we're still alive and able to support our 6 grandchildren. Thanks in large part to a 'rushed vaccine rollout."
Hedges despite his caving with the lockdowns and vaccines is still primarily a staunch voice for the powerless. He knows well that fear is the driving force of media and politics. I cannot be a purist on every topic I stand for otherwise there is never a chance for compromise. Most of us would of caved long before he did with the pressures he has faced. There are none who do the things he does for prisoners and none have volunteered to add to his program in that situation. There are valid points to these critiques but this man's career and writing easily proves he is still worthy of respect and I for one am glad he is here to report so. Matt is getting railroaded and Chris clearly points this out while all other mainstream news source are circling the wagons around him. This alone proves he is doing the right thing and had turned into the US version of Assange. Let us, the people, show this is intolerable by backing Matt in a show of solidarity for exposing the truth
about our compromised news and information media.
Chilling. I have followed Taibbi for at least 6 years in the UK, picking him out as one honest, old school (like his father) reporter. His books bear out this reputation, which h will never be crucified in my eyes. In fact I gave Elon Musk a brownie point because he offered Matt the Twitter files. Pray it will not prove to be a poison challice Dr Jo
No way of knowing them or verifying anything they say. Crazies are out there my dear....I work politically in a conservative area and know this for a fact. Some folks will believe anything if it comes from an authority they trust.
NOT MY SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
"Crucifixion"? Come on, Chris, that's way over the top.
A lot of venom in this post....and I'm not surprised the vaccination controversy seems to be at the bottom of it.
A global pandemic is a special case. Waiting 10 years to bring the vaccine to market would have been catastrophic for the world.....I watched the death toll mount around the world on our CBC....and none of the side effects you cite materialized at anywhere near the numbers to out weigh the benefits of the vaccine.
But you folks in America believe in 'free enterprise'...whatever that is...you don't have universal single payer medical care. What's more, your right wingers rail against its existence in Canada... We continue to have more trust in our health authorities, perhaps because none of us are disqualified from health care by our income....and near the end of the pandemic, when things were lifting....there was a study done that found this statistical fact:
Had we done only as well as you capitalists in Amerika, 70,000 more people would have died.
That's a lot of homes left grieving...that we averted by enforcing mandates, encouraging vaccine take up..........AND.....perhaps most important of all, providing a CERB payment of $2000 a month for workers who lost their jobs.
I'm not saying there weren't people who had adverse reactions to the vaccine...but globally they were a fraction of a fraction compared to the deaths from covid.
I'm a bit shocked still to listen to people who fail to understand that misinformation about side effects of the vaccine often assumes correlation when there is none. You can have a heart attack after many medical procedures, for example.....and not establish any causal connection between the two events.
Just like vaccination doesn't prevent me from dying in a car accident....it doesn't guarantee that all my other underlying conditions will disappear.
For most rational people....the benefits of the vaccine far outweighed the risks.....and in the situation we faced, eliminating all risk was impossible. That realization might make your new hatred for Hedges.........and your angry determination to cast him out from the circle of Truth Tellers, seem extreme.
He disagreed with you. But so do many of us vaccinated people. My partner and I are vaccinated....and boostered. WE both got covid this spring....it was like a bad cold/flu, with this distinction: The lassitude and lack of energy after lasted about 6 weeks.
Even vaccinated, it has a kick. But we're still alive and able to support our 6 grandchildren. Thanks in large part to a 'rushed vaccine rollout."
I don't visit any of the conspiracy sites....or pseudo medical experts dissing the vaccine.
I trust our health officials and work against parties that spread hate against doctors and nurses. Period.
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