Continuing my "greatest COVID hits" articles. To read my introduction to this ongoing series, go here. To support my work and get value for value, order my Matrix collections here and subscribe to my substack here.
January 28, 2020
I picture a few wan techies gathered around a fact-checking AI robot that repeats, “Must censor...must censor…must censor...”
FOX News, "Silicon Valley scrambles to stop coronavirus misinformation," (Jan 27, 2020):
“The
coronavirus's rapid spread worldwide is forcing Big Tech to confront
the equally viral proliferation of misinformation -- in the form [of]
outright falsehoods and half-truths about the outbreak.”
“Facebook,
Google and Twitter have all struggled in different ways to contain
medical misinformation, in particular around vaccines, in recent years.
The Silicon Valley mainstays face a potentially much bigger challenge as
coronavirus spreads across the world, having already infected 2,800
people in China and killed at least 82.”
The
FOX article mentions two pieces of alleged misinformation: the US
government secretly patented the coronavirus, and oregano oil can defeat
the virus.
In
order to help these social media giants, in their effort to spread only
truth and eliminate lies, I suggest a test run. They should revisit
another epidemic: 2009 Swine Flu---in
order to correct the record. At that time, conspirators prevented
accurate information from reaching the public. Instead, lunatic ideas
about the epidemic were allowed to stand. A precedent was firmly
established for future reporting about “outbreaks.”
The
conspirators had somehow infiltrated a news organization at high
levels, and they began floating lie after lie. This was a monstrously
egregious situation. The public was unaware.
I
have uncovered a solidly credible witness who observed this seedy
operation. She was an employee of the news organization. In fact, she
was a star investigative reporter for CBS News. Her words carry weight.
Her name is Sharyl Attkisson. I interviewed her. Facebook, Google, take notice, and swiftly elevate her words to the top of your news feeds and rankings.
Q:
In 2009, you spearheaded coverage of the so-called Swine Flu pandemic.
You discovered that, in the summer of 2009, the Centers for Disease
Control, ignoring their federal mandate, [secretly] stopped counting
Swine Flu cases in America. Yet they continued to stir up fear about the
“pandemic,” without having any real measure of its impact. Wasn’t that
another investigation of yours that was shut down? Wasn’t there more to
find out?
A:
The implications of the story were even worse than that. We discovered
through our FOI efforts that before the CDC mysteriously stopped
counting Swine Flu cases, they had learned that almost none of the cases
they had counted as Swine Flu was, in fact, Swine Flu or any sort of
flu at all! The interest in the story [written by Attkisson and
published on the CBS News site] from one [CBS] executive was very
enthusiastic. He said it was “the most original story” he’d seen on the
whole Swine Flu epidemic. But others pushed to stop it and, in the end,
no [CBS News television] broadcast wanted to touch it. We aired numerous
stories pumping up the idea of an epidemic, but not the one that would
shed original, new light on all the hype. It was fair, accurate, legally
approved and a heck of a story. With the CDC keeping the true Swine Flu
stats secret, it meant that many in the public took and gave their
children an experimental vaccine that may not have been necessary.
Q: You’ve revealed serious problems caused by vaccines. Have you run into opposition as a result of covering these stories?
A:
This is a long discussion but yes, it is one of the most well funded,
well orchestrated efforts I’ve ever seen on a story. Many reporters, if
not all, who have tried to factually cover this topic have experienced
the same opposition as have researchers who dared to uncover vaccine
side effects. Those who don’t want the stories explored want to censor
the information from the public entirely, lest the public draw the
“wrong” conclusions about the facts. The media has largely bought into
the conflicted government, political and medical complex propaganda on
the topic that marginalizes researchers, journalists and parents who
dare to speak to the scientific facts they’ve uncovered or to their own
experiences. It’s a giant scandal of its own.
Q: I know you’ve had problems with your Wikipedia page. What happened there?
A:
Long story short: there is a concerted effort by special interests who
exploit Wikipedia editing privileges to control my biographical page to
disparage my reporting on certain topics and skew the information.
Judging from the editing, the interest(s) involved relates to the
pharmaceutical/vaccine industry. I am far from alone...
(end of interview excerpt)
Does that tell you something about the way major media cover epidemic and vaccine stories?
There is even more.
The
staggering capper on this tale? Roughly three weeks after Attkisson’s
Swine Flu revelations appeared in print, the CDC, obviously in great
distress over the exposure, decided to double down. The best lie to tell
would be a huge lie.
Here,
from a November 12, 2009, WebMD article is the CDC’s response:
“Shockingly, 14 million to 34 million U.S. residents — the CDC’s best
guess is 22 million — came down with H1N1 swine flu by Oct. 17 [2009].” (“22 million cases of Swine Flu in US,” by Daniel J. DeNoon)
Are your eyes popping out of your head? They should be.
So...Google, Facebook, Twitter, do your duty.
Let’s defeat misinformation. Let’s get the facts in front of the public.
Let’s win the war against conspiracy theorists who deceive us.
I’m
sure you’re with me. I know you people who run social media are honest,
loyal, and trustworthy. I know you’ll do the right thing.
You’re heroes in your own mind. Now become heroes in our minds as well.
The world is waiting.
A long silence ensues.
Nothing.
Maybe
I wasn’t clear enough. Look, in the summer of 2009, at the height of
the so-called Swine Flu epidemic, the CDC was CLAIMING that thousands of
people in the US had Swine Flu. But they had stopped counting cases,
secretly. Get it? They stopped because tests on almost ALL Swine Flu
patients showed NO sign of Swine Flu or any other kind of flu. The whole
thing was a hoax. HOAX. Get it? And history matters. Now we’re faced
with another so-called epidemic, and the word “skepticism” barely begins
to describe what our reaction should be.
More silence.
Nothing.
Google,
Facebook, Twitter? You mean…you mean…YOU ARE THE CONSPIRATORS? YOU’RE
twisting the truth and pushing disinformation? YOU’RE PULLING THE TRICK
OF ACCUSING OTHERS OF DOING WHAT YOU’RE REALLY DOING?
Gosh,
o golly, gee. You mean…THIS is why, when, every morning I open up my
computer and roam around, I see mountains of b.s. news piled high and
deep?
Well, I guess that means WE’LL have to censor YOU by walking away.
(sounds of heels clicking rapidly on a corridor floor, growing more faint...)
BLACKOUT
~~~
(The link to this article posted on my blog is here.)
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