Comments by "" (@tekannon7803) on "How a mass shooter "manifesto" made an alt-right producer wake up" video.

  1. Coming in at timestamp 14:44, John Avalon asks for solutions. As someone tuning in on the far side of the world from you, what I think we see in extremist media are really actors who play their parts very convincingly. I mean, what is the difference between Alex Jones' rants and a segment from a movie with a famous actor playing the same part? What I think CNN doesn't realize is that by constantly going on the offensive against media-news presenters cum actors like Tucker Carlson is that every time they relate to one of his outrageous shows, they beam whatever he said around the world. Like the evil growing sphere in the iconic film 'The Fifth Element', Carlson's image grows bigger and badder with every punch the mainstream media throws at him. Aside from that, I think what has to be realized is that you in mainstream media and social media must up-your-game. What I think you are doing is using an old instruction manual in trying to get a new technological apparatus to work. That being said, there must also be less emotional reporting and simply referring to a distasteful or false statement by a sister media corporation with no emotional baggage. Mostly though, it's down to you to show facts in ways that no one has seen or heard them before. The alternative news boys are here to stay and like Covid-19 we have to live with an alternative virus of news reporting that we now know can infect a democracy like The United States and cause great concern because of the damage extremist views entering the 'bloodstream' of your great Republic can do by instigating distrust in government institutions. The new mission statement for you in the news business might be this: to present the news in a way that leaves no doubt about the facts. Easy to say; hard to do, but it's doable. People probably need to be reminded more ofen that the bedrock of your country is built on openness and frank discussion and belief in the Republic and that everyone's views should be allowed to be heard, but that personality cult figures espousing false facts and/or outright lies are what fascism is built on, and not what a country like America is all about.
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