There was the rise of yellow journalism around 1900 using sensationalism to boost circulation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism I think tabloids like the National Enquirer follow in those footsteps, there are also the British tabloids with stuff like phone hacking scandals. I remember in the movie Men In Black it turns out they get all the real news about aliens from the tabloids. Now we have the Internet for sensational if fictional headlines, and newspapers and TV are for propaganda (of the flavor of your choice). From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Saturday, November 1, 2025 5:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT antifa organized? If it's not the way it was, it appears to be the way it's becoming. Hmmm. I read a book about a guy who was "becoming". He wasn't sure what. Maybe the question we should be asking is how do we make a reliable news service that we can depend on? bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 11/1/2025 2:10 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: Maybe an “aroma”? And are all newspapers the private mouthpieces of billionaires now? Washington Examiner is owned by Philip Anschutz. Washington Post is Bezos. New York Post and Wall Street Journal are Murdoch. And so on down the list. I assume newspapers aren’t profitable so they become vanity pieces for rich people? From: AF <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Chuck Sent: Saturday, November 1, 2025 2:19 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT antifa organized? If you go to the Examiner’s website and search for antifa it comes up with a mountain of this stuff. So seems they do have a certain “theme”. A distinct “flavor”. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 1, 2025, at 1:06 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Washington Examiner isn’t exactly the pride of the journalism profession, but the article seems to be factual. Somebody posted information on a blog alleging this guy was a fascist and racist. You can look at the blog and decide if “Front Range Anti Fascists” is an organization (terrorist or otherwise), or some rando with a blog. I don’t know. Maybe it’s 2 randos with a blog. https://frontrangeantifa.noblogs.org/ From: AF <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Saturday, November 1, 2025 1:47 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT antifa organized? I count myself as anti fascist, but I don't know anyone from antifa. Don't know about the rest of y'all. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 11/1/2025 11:22 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: Wait, does AF stand for A(nti)F(a)? Are we all members of Antifa? Is Chuck secretly the leader? Building microtrenching blades by day, fighting fascists by night? From: AF <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Saturday, November 1, 2025 1:06 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT antifa organized? Antifa and organized in the same sentence is an oxymoron. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 11/1/2025 10:46 AM, Chuck wrote: If the link doesn't work it is an article in the Washington Examiner. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3866791/nathaniel-ellis-tpusa-colorado-antifa-attack/ Sent from my iPhone On Nov 1, 2025, at 11:37 AM, Chuck <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: https://apple.news/AQyWUFpcATRCYc-9eya9cxA <https://apple.news/AQyWUFpcATRCYc-9eya9cxA> Sent from my iPhone -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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