The article discusses the implications of the removal of the Nuland-Pyatt tape from YouTube after 8 years, emphasizing the significance of digital erasure as a new form of censorship. It critiques the role of Western media in perpetuating misinformation and highlights the importance of independent journalism in maintaining the integrity of historical record. Various examples are given, including the situation in Ukraine, to illustrate these points.
Main Points
Digital erasure as a form of censorship
The erasure of viewer comments and videos from platforms like YouTube is likened to the ‘memory hole’ method of social control depicted in George Orwell’s 1984, signifying a loss of digital historical record.
Western media's role in societal control
Western media, through various forms, pushes narratives that favor corporate profit and political agendas, often misinforming the public.
Importance of independent journalism
Consortium News, among other independent news outlets, is vital in preserving truth and offering resistance against the widespread censorship and misinformation propagated by mainstream media.
Preservation strategies against censorship
The article highlights efforts and best practices for preserving important historical and journalistic content in the face of censorship, such as downloading and archiving.
Insights
Censorship via erasing digital history is a realization of dystopian fiction
Many participants in this discussion seem to be overlooking the significance of the loss of eight years of viewer comments. These comments were unique and were not posted on other websites — so their erasure represents a real and permanent loss. This was truly erasing a part of history.
Western media perpetuates societal control and misinformation
Every part of the Western media cloaca voids lies to support their profit margins. Extremist media sources deal in sick, sexually deviant, hero fantasies of small, stupid people. MSM journalism can be described by the phrases, ‘Go along, to get along’, or, ‘It isn’t what you know, its who you blow’.
Preservation of independent journalism is crucial against censorship
The US government has every reason to worry about this exchange because it makes it so clear not only that the US was behind the coup and the placement of the new government, but also the fact that the current president, who has started a massive proxy war with Russia over the Ukraine, was deeply involved all along when he was vice president.
Links
- Link to the video on a YouTube clone site
- NBC article with a summary of events
- The Guardian article on YouTube removing channels related to the Ukraine war
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URL
https://consortiumnews.com/2022/05/25/nuland-pyatt-tape-removed-from-youtube-after-8-years/?s=31