Media: Anyone Around for Thatcher-Reagan? And where is this going?

[aviet]

I thought the hysteria from outlets like The Guardian and their US cousins, which increasingly consists of their emotionally-charged, apocalyptic projections based on imaginings and them not getting thing their way. They have now truly mastered the art of creative writing.

 

The main story of wild hysteria of the moment is Steve Bannon's appointment, covered in Media Matters with the title:

 

Major Outlets Downplay The Fact That Trump’s New Chief Strategist Ran An Anti-Semitic White Nationalist Website

I was wondering what this website could possibly be - the one conceived of in Israel, based in part in Israel, staunchly pro-Israel, founded by a Jew, run by a Jew and heavily staffed by a Jews. The few articles that even touch on this brush it away by saying things like, "many antisemites like some Jews".

On top of the hysteria there is the bile, laced with calls for violence and assassination. As, I think, Stefan has been saying recently, words to the affect of, "The left cry sexist up until the magic line of women they don't agree with, at which point they unveil the most hate-filled, shrill cries available." You still see this today in the utter revelry in projecting the painful death and then reveling in the death of Margaret Thatcher. This is been revived once more with new UK PM, Theresa May, even though she hasn't done anything yet, the hate is fueled by apocalyptic projections.

So I am left wondering: What was it like to be around in the early days of Thatcher-Reagan? And where is this going?

We have seen both feminism and the media loose credibility through Orwellian standards, non sequiturs, ad homonym etc. Is this another rattle in the death of the media? Or are we going somewhere insane?

From analysis of the comments in The Guardian, it seems their hysteria and push towards Marxism is increasingly falling on dead ears.

[shirgall]

They are attacking Breitbart for carrying shocking articles, as if the Guardian didn't carry pieces by Bin Laden. It's an empty appeal.

 

I was around for Reagan-Thatcher. People called Ron an idiot. They focused on his love of jelly beans. Genesis made puppet videos that had him accidentally pushing the button. We laughed and moved on. Stef probably has the same memories with a different accent when it comes to how the media treated Thatcher.

[D-Light]

I was around for Reagan-Thatcher. People called Ron an idiot. They focused on his love of jelly beans. 

Don't forget Nancy consulting the Psychic-Astrologer!

[aviet]

I was born in '86 and don't really remember her until years later. My first introduction to politics was voting for John Major (Conservative) in 1990 in a mock election at school. He won followed by the Greens, despite being a very working-class school. Things became mild during Major, Blair and Brown, but have headed backtowards the vitriol of the 80s under Cameron. Despite being little more than a new Blair, a perception of his as a toff was enough to unleash the emotionally unbalenced, incoherant equalitarians again.


 

 

 

At least when you are up against people like this:

 

its not hard to win.