Every once in a while, I receive a comment from some disgruntled reader lamenting my apparent inability to offer “fair and balanced” opinions or insights during my rare forays into topical stories or events.
For context, let’s begin with “fair and balanced.” As far as I have been able to determine, the phrase was coined by Fox News co-founder Roger Ailes, who utilized it as a slogan for the news network.
Well, that certainly sheds light on things.
Readers yearning for fair and balanced should go and watch Fox News because they are not going to find what they are looking for here.
Why? Because fair and balanced aids and abets System manipulation. No, more than that. Fair and balanced is a crucial component of System manipulation.
The problem with fair and balanced is not about being right or wrong. No blogger or writer I know has ever been or will ever be one hundred percent right about everything, particularly not concerning predictions, conjectures, and speculations; the problem lies instead in the fatal belief that System communications and narratives deserve fair and balanced assessments and interpretations and the even more tragic certitude that such fair and balanced deliberation and argumentation somehow draws both writer and reader closer to the truth.
Fair and balanced thinkers and writers appear oblivious to the true nature and underlying goal of System communications and narratives, which inevitably always boil down to one thing–manipulation.
I can think of only two reasons why writers and thinkers would choose to apply fair and balanced perspectives to System communications:
They are oblivious to the lies, propaganda, and manipulation inherent in System communications, or they employ the fair and balanced approach to System lies to obfuscate or rationalize their own personal insincerity and manipulative calculations.
Neither puts fair and balanced writers and thinkers in a favorable light. The reason, logic, and clear thinking of the former are ultimately questionable, while the motivations of the latter are immediately suspect.
Virtually everyone falls into the System trap of engaging in discourse, which makes sense when you consider that System communications are ubiquitous, practically unavoidable, and broadcast 24/7 via various media.
Add the masses, governments, and institutions – who all serve as amplifiers of System communication and manipulation – to the mix, and it becomes evident how difficult disengaging from discourse can be.
That said, the fair and balanced crew of writers and thinkers remain among the most egregious of all discourse participants, primarily because they treat System communication as an opportunity for discourse, which is very different from recognizing the System-initiated attempts at discourse as untruthful, disingenuous, and manipulative – and simply and clearly stating as much.
Put simply, those seeking fair and balanced discourse today should really invest in some sincere introspection, preferably of the spiritual kind.
For context, let’s begin with “fair and balanced.” As far as I have been able to determine, the phrase was coined by Fox News co-founder Roger Ailes, who utilized it as a slogan for the news network.
Well, that certainly sheds light on things.
Readers yearning for fair and balanced should go and watch Fox News because they are not going to find what they are looking for here.
Why? Because fair and balanced aids and abets System manipulation. No, more than that. Fair and balanced is a crucial component of System manipulation.
The problem with fair and balanced is not about being right or wrong. No blogger or writer I know has ever been or will ever be one hundred percent right about everything, particularly not concerning predictions, conjectures, and speculations; the problem lies instead in the fatal belief that System communications and narratives deserve fair and balanced assessments and interpretations and the even more tragic certitude that such fair and balanced deliberation and argumentation somehow draws both writer and reader closer to the truth.
Fair and balanced thinkers and writers appear oblivious to the true nature and underlying goal of System communications and narratives, which inevitably always boil down to one thing–manipulation.
I can think of only two reasons why writers and thinkers would choose to apply fair and balanced perspectives to System communications:
They are oblivious to the lies, propaganda, and manipulation inherent in System communications, or they employ the fair and balanced approach to System lies to obfuscate or rationalize their own personal insincerity and manipulative calculations.
Neither puts fair and balanced writers and thinkers in a favorable light. The reason, logic, and clear thinking of the former are ultimately questionable, while the motivations of the latter are immediately suspect.
Virtually everyone falls into the System trap of engaging in discourse, which makes sense when you consider that System communications are ubiquitous, practically unavoidable, and broadcast 24/7 via various media.
Add the masses, governments, and institutions – who all serve as amplifiers of System communication and manipulation – to the mix, and it becomes evident how difficult disengaging from discourse can be.
That said, the fair and balanced crew of writers and thinkers remain among the most egregious of all discourse participants, primarily because they treat System communication as an opportunity for discourse, which is very different from recognizing the System-initiated attempts at discourse as untruthful, disingenuous, and manipulative – and simply and clearly stating as much.
Put simply, those seeking fair and balanced discourse today should really invest in some sincere introspection, preferably of the spiritual kind.
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