How To Read The News In Totalitarianism

I love some of Sarah’s books and her blog is frequently spot on especially when it comes to socialism and totalitarianism, after all she grew up under both before coming to the United States. This covers some of her recommendations about how to read (interpret) the media when the media when the media cannot be trusted.
Take care and God bless.

According To Hoyt

One of the first memories I have of news and people discussing news is of my parents trying to figure out whether the president was dead.

This is because in Portugal in the early sixties, the news of course couldn’t publish anything that the regime disapproved of. When they announced Salazar was dead, and who his successor was, mom’s answer was “he’s been dead for x months” (aka since he’d disappeared form in public/or they’d noticed a shift in governance) “they just finished the behind the scenes power struggle and can announce it now.” Also much was made of the way he was said to have died, which was to fall backwards in his chair and hit his head. Well, I’d also have my doubts, right?

I guess this set me up for the way I read news. Particularly because after the regime changed from national to international socialism, I…

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One thought on “How To Read The News In Totalitarianism

  1. I Always cut out the middle man and read the press that is NOT based in my country or Western friendly. How else can we find out the truth in the UK.

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