Mainstream Media Vs the culture of resuuuuurch.

AlfredWallace wrote:

And he once stated that his favourite Midnight Oil song was ‘Beds Are Burning’, the most gross comment he’s ever made, he wouldn’t know shit about the context of that song.

I think he was reminiscing about his love life when he made that statement.

Lyrics are funny as i kid i never really understood or thought to much of the Oils lyric's to me they painted more just a picture and feel of Australia and they were my fav band until i got into indie/alternative stuff in the late 80s.

I still really like the Oils music (up to Blue Sky) but i when i actually listen and think about what some of the lyrics are now, some of it is very cheesy and super cringey. (i now know why my parents and others said certain things)

Thankfully i tend to like the albums that are less full on and kinda more subtle like Head Injuries, Place Without a Postcard, although 10 to 1 & Diesel and Dust are still great albums.

Song lyrics, love em. Modern poetry, speaks to the heart.

haha ; ) great few years for tongue-in-apathy white 'folk'..

garyg1412 wrote:

AlfredWallace wrote:

And he once stated that his favourite Midnight Oil song was ‘Beds Are Burning’, the most gross comment he’s ever made, he wouldn’t know shit about the context of that song.

I think he was reminiscing about his love life when he made that statement.

Garyg1412 . Jeez, i nearly choked on my sanga when i read your reply. Gross image came and went.

Just had the vision of one of those little hospital type lift aids, picking up little Johnny in his amorous harness and lowering him down onto his wife for a bit of ‘cop u later’ type action, yuck, gross, spew. My brother once cornered and surprised John Howard at a rally when his cohort tried to do the ‘we are coming through the front door’ when actually they we’re entering via the rear door of a complex, he had him one for one a metre apart and simply said to him, you are a total scumbag, Howard paused, said nothing and ran for cover. AW

"It takes a practised eye and an especially canny nose to sniff the bullshit and spin before it reaches you, but you can help vaccinate yourself against it by asking a few core questions:

Why is this story an “exclusive”? Who gave it to them and why?
Why is this story here at this time?
Have the photos I’m seeing been posed for?
Has the vision I’m watching been posed for?
Do the questions being asked sound unnatural, overly sweet or planted?
Is this a real story built organically or has it been puffed-up and created out of very little?

And, of course, the greatest bullshit detector question of all time:

Whose interests does this story serve?

Because if you practice sniffing and testing and interrogating every piece of information you consume every day, you make the job of the spinmeisters harder. You create an intelligent audience that demands content that is produced honestly and authentically. And for once dear reader, that isn’t bullshit and spin."

https://theshot.net.au/general-news/bullshit-and-spin/

How do you change your user name?

You can't Michael, only make a new account.

You can get banned, it's the online equivalent of broke campers pissing on an on duty cop car to get a free ride off Rottnest at leavers back in the day

Mario Speedwagon wrote:

"It takes a practised eye and an especially canny nose to sniff the bullshit and spin before it reaches you, but you can help vaccinate yourself against it by asking a few core questions:

Why is this story an “exclusive”? Who gave it to them and why?
Why is this story here at this time?
Have the photos I’m seeing been posed for?
Has the vision I’m watching been posed for?
Do the questions being asked sound unnatural, overly sweet or planted?
Is this a real story built organically or has it been puffed-up and created out of very little?

And, of course, the greatest bullshit detector question of all time:

Whose interests does this story serve?

Because if you practice sniffing and testing and interrogating every piece of information you consume every day, you make the job of the spinmeisters harder. You create an intelligent audience that demands content that is produced honestly and authentically. And for once dear reader, that isn’t bullshit and spin."

https://theshot.net.au/general-news/bullshit-and-spin/

A bit like that Lou Reed song:
Don't believe half of what you see and none of what you hear
It's like what my painter friend Donald said to me
"Stick a fork in their ass and turn 'em over, they're done"

Laura Tingle and aliens at the ABC https://independentaustralia.net/business/business-display/laura-tingle-...

Yes Supa. It’s laughable. But it’s gobbled up in this country.