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Journalism is dead. Twenty years ago, every major publication would have had boots on the ground chasing the facts in the Paul Pelosi story - questioning the narrative, interviewing everyone even tangentially connected, demanding transparency and the release of calls and footage.

Questioning the powerful was the media’s raison d'être. Sure, they were biased to the left, but they had some self-respect and took their role in society seriously more often than not.

And they didn’t believe that role was to be agents of social change…

The people were less prone to paranoia back then because the press was MORE paranoid. Much more. They questioned everything.

The people assumed the press was on the job, sniffing out the lies and finding the truth, so conspiracy theories just weren’t plausible and rarely stuck.
Now the press - aided by Big Tech - has embraced their new role as agents of social change.

Now they both actively and through indifference run cover for the left.
They aren’t interested at all in what happened to Paul Pelosi. Any new detail could challenge the left’s narrative, so there will be no new details.

Maybe it all happened about like they say, but they’re certainly afraid it didn’t. So best not to look into it. Move along.
The consequence of this betrayal is clear. The people will become more and more paranoid and conspiratorial, and the media will run more and more stories about how the people are the real threat to democracy.

And the fundamental transformation will continue apace

October 31, 2022
Viva Frei is locked out of Twitter after raising questions over Paul Pelosi attack story
The commentator has been told to delete a tweet to get back on the platform.

Why was Paul Pelosi not in the panic room or safe room if the alarms went off? If there was a breakin then why would Paul Pelosi go downstairs, greet the man, and bring him up to the bedroom?