Orson Welles and George Coulouris in "Citizen Kane"

James Hickman's essay "The Media Has Been the Number-One Cause of War Since 1989" cannot be overstated enough. One is reminded of the scene in what Reader movie reviewer Mike Schulz calls “the best movie of all time”: Citizen Kane. The classic film is all about William Randolph Hearst and depicts him effectively starting the War in Cuba that Hickman refers to. In the film, Hearst's retort to the field reporter who told him there was no conflict there is legendary: "You provide the prose poems; I'll provide the war."

Today, we're besieged with modern day Hearsts in the forms of re-Tweets, Faceborg posts, and forwarded e-mails. All the while the people in suits reading from a script that call themselves reporters or journalists parrot “reports in the form of videos and photos shows we should all be very upset and we should all suspend common sense and do something drastic, regardless of the consequences.”

If you're inclined to think critically and explore options regarding news sources about global geopolitical events, we encourage you to check out Ryan Christián's podcast and video-cast The Last American Vagabond. Specifically, his April 5, 2022 broadcast “Was Bucha a False Flag, a Massacre, Or Both?: A Review of the Evidence,” is well-worth watching or listening to at TheLastAmericanVagabond.com/bucha-false-flag-massacre-or-both-review-evidence. Before all the haters start losing their minds that we would provide publicity to such information that is so counter to the official narrative … I implore you to pause and remind yourself: If this researcher's information is false, then it should be provably false. And if I watch/listen to this and it is so wrong, then my firmly held belief system will still be intact. Phew!

 

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