Reminder that as things shift from traditional media to alternative media (podcasts, influencers etcā¦) the intelligence agencies will just co-opt the podcasters
and theyāre extremely easy to co-opt. Perhaps 100x easier than traditional media.
Discussion
Yep because most make so little money, haha.
It will take more effort to do 100 podcasts than 10 channels though.
Been suspecting Rogan as the ultimate limited hangout
I had to look up the term ālimited hangoutā and holy shit, thatās basically the entire Joe Rogan podcast. Fuck me. lol
Yup. Joe Rogan going on a decade of a radio silence after being this much into Bitcoin ...
*Andreas was on 3x times in 2014 (Jan, April, December). Since then mostly just rare funny mentions, and the last 4th Andreas appearance in Sep 2016.
Ah forgot how much I hate the jumbled dates on tweets š
I doubt that.
Podcasters are much more decentralised than traditional media. It will be much harder to co opt them.
Also, copted podcasters will be called out.
Places like NOSTR will spread truth to psyops.
I think we are winning big time.
Prediction : Vance wins even bigger than Trump in 2028
But we haz a web of trust. Groupthink may be a larger enemy.
Agreed, they will try this, but it will be more like whack a more. Decentralization is good, and the audiences will sniff it out. Authenticity is incredibly hard to fake
Iāve been wondering about this a lot lately
Theyāre already being āboughtā
Can you name a few please ! And how they co-opted them, thanks
Joe Rogan, Shawn Ryan, lex Fridman, nick fuentes etcā¦ as to the how I donāt know. Different in each case.
They don't have to be bought even. Just manipulated. Pretty sure it's been done with Rogan and Ryan already.
Lex 100% - Bro Joganā¦ hmmmm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlucIr8kg7k
Hahaha I've never seen that before
Now more than ever trust but verify. Definitely verify
Not No Agenda - we get money from producers.
Theres no reason this should be future tense.
Itās currently in its infancy. It will grow to be all encompassing.
The caveat is that there are more to manipulate than the 3 networks of the days of my youth. More but cheaper to control. Also more risk of exposure. On net I think we are in better shape but your propaganda sense must be sharp.
Already happening
This is a misrepresentation. Pieces of content from those podcasts that are sold to various outlets via licensing agreements had been licensed to an agency that turned out to be a Russian actor.
No original content was made for this Russian state asset. They just bought the license to whatever was already available and likely tried to amplify it.
Tim talked about it at length on his pod.
This is why weāll need WoT tools nimble enough to identify and weed out the bad actors faster than they can do damage.
were already seeing it.
Those who speak truth are the signal that gets followed.
Most will have to learn how to think for themselves
Lex Friedman
definitely cheap as fuck
Single individuals, yes. It is the multitudes and virality that gives them their power over traditional centralized media. Those wishing to be independent of coersion should broadcast anonymously, (which some do) under a pseudonym. Focus on making the barrier to entry low enough for regular, knowledgeable, journalists. Yet, high enough to exclude automated spam.
Do not trust, verify. Follow the money.
Blink twice if you are part of the controlled opposition.
Podcasters are just dudes with opinions. āJournalistsā were like doctors before they destroyed themselves during covid. They were presumptively trustworthy to a large swath of the population.
If Rogan starts pushing CIA talking points, heāll seem like a dude with retarded opinions quick.
Think theyād probably launch some fake podcasters (think Candlebox after Nirvana and Pearl Jam became big) who will push extra radical ideas and call out Rogan for being a CIA op, while being CIA ops themselves. Actually more like Whitney Webb, just sow doubt as to whether you can get behind or trust anyone.
Maybe theyāre already doing that.
I'd agree with that. Keep em peeled.
Listen to No Agenga with nostr:nprofile1qqsr784vr246jmpj9rz9ktud9c054mals2r5ut8svmv6kl6lt2lxrrqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43q08jcdz & John C. Dvorak, and you'll avoid all the noise. Media deconstruction at its finest.
Its always been this way, there's just too many people to co-opt now
Yeah but there are too many to co-opt this time.