Is everything in mainstream media fake?

NEW YORK (PNN) - February 27, 2014 - The world of television and modern media has become a tool of de-evolution, propaganda and social control. Since the reign of Edward Bernays and the rise of the Tavistock Institute in the early 20th Century, nearly unlimited resources have been applied to understanding how to manipulate the human psyche through television and other forms of mass media. What we have today is an increasingly sophisticated full-spectrum assault on free will and psychological well-being, and we have come to a point where it is no longer even necessary for media institutions to attempt to hide their blatant work of manipulating public opinion, manufacturing consent, and creating winners and losers in the minds of the already brainwashed public.

Here are 6 examples where truth reveals that the impression the media is conveying to a dumbed-down, unsuspecting public differs greatly from what is actually happening behind the scenes. By looking at these examples, it is easy to see how mainstream media pushes ulterior motives on the public, and how important it is to be vigilant when consuming consumer info.

1. Time Magazine sanitizes their covers for Amerikan consumption - Time Magazine is considered a leader in national news, yet it consistently portrays a dumbed-down, frivolous image of life in Amerika while presenting an entirely different message to the rest of the world. Their magazine covers feature one set of cover stories for Amerikans while sending different messages to the rest of the world.

2. CNN is the leader in fake war new coverage - CNN has scripted and staged live war coverage to create a sense of drama and danger around people who were not in harm’s way.

Anderson Cooper faked Syria war footage by dubbing in sound effects and playing chaotic video next to a Syrian correspondent. The correspondent is in a safe environment, then you see footage aired by CNN with dubbed in theatrical effects.

3. The Biggest Loser - Amerikans should by now already know that “reality shows” are staged. The popular TV show, Biggest Loser, where overweight people compete to lose the most weight for the entertainment benefit of the rest of the world, lies about the circumstances of the training and weighing regimen of their contestants while using underhanded methods to generate phony emotional responses from their contestants.

“They want the drama, the tears, the fights, the tears, the triumphs and the tears. Producers would push you to cry because that’s what makes (for) good TV. They continually asked questions like “Do you miss your kids?” Needless to say, I broke down more than once.

“Have you ever wondered how the contestants manage to lose a staggering 12 kilos in a single week? We don’t. In my series a weekly weigh-in was never filmed after just one week of working out. In fact the longest gap from one weigh-in to the next was three and a half weeks. That’s 25 days between weigh-ins, not seven.” - Andrew ’Cosi’ Costello, former contestant.

It turns out that many of the so-called “reality” shows are actually scripted theatrical presentations that count on the viewer’s suspension of disbelief to garner ratings.

4. Nationally scripted local news - The comedian and talk show host Conan O’Brien has done a service for Amerika by compiling overtly ridiculous cases of local news broadcasts that were simultaneously repeated verbatim in dozens of markets nationwide. This is proof that you simply cannot trust the authenticity of what you are seeing on news broadcasts.

5. Manipulating Images as War Propaganda - There are many examples of how newspapers around the world Photoshop images of war in order to influence public opinion. All sides in a conflict will do this as propaganda, so it is important to remember this when consuming news on international conflicts and to be alert for phonies.

6. Advertising Industry Touches Up Images of People - The practice of digitally “touching up” actors and models in images and videos is an overt industry standard. Yet most people, whether they’re aware of image manipulation or not, still process television and print images on the subconscious level as if they were real, primarily because everyone is doing it, and our bias for “normal” has been socially reconstructed to adopt advertising lies as normal.

Whether for marketing or for manufacturing consent, the media industry is guilty of using subtle and not-so-subtle tactics to influence our conscious and subconscious minds in order to influence our opinions and behaviors. There are countless other examples of these practices, and discerning, awake people would be well served to be vigilant of this when consuming modern media in any form.

You don’t have to be paranoid these days to acknowledge that you’re being lied to and that the institutions we should be able to depend on for bringing us an objective view of the world are anything but objective.