I can’t prove this. But it feels right.
Everyone’s cheering: mainstream media is dead! We won! We toppled the machine!
Where? On platforms owned by technocrats and billionaires. They let you kill the old media. Gave you the axe. And called it choice.
You’re thrilled the lying press is dying—replaced by something honest, accountable. But is there a man behind the curtain?
Yes. And he’s busy.
I’ve lived it. Nearly 6 years of shadow bans. Post the wrong thing? Buried. I just shared proof—gone. Hidden.
Write a spicy anti-vax piece? It flies.
Clue enough for me (and Biology Phenom): ORWELL.
Substack stars are thriving.
Now CNN joins the party: $69/month for “all-access.” Same model. Same game?1
Here’s the tell: check-marks.
Installed 2022. No check-mark? You’re not “valued.” Not “popular.”
Ignore the algorithms herding you into silos—permitted interests only.
Want to discuss 2020’s lockdown tyranny? Denial of sovereignty? Informed consent?
Blocked. That could unite people.
Allowed? Extreme anti-vax. Whacko takes. Polarized noise.
Safe. Divisive. Controllable.
Check-marks + revenue = “proof” of popularity.
You didn’t pay? No matter—others did. Feels real. Feels big.
Illusion.
CBC nailed it with Ticketmaster scalpers:
“Scalpers developed automated tools for creating accounts…” — Live Nation2
Same on Substack, X, Facebook, YouTube.
Bot armies fake demand.
You think you’re seeing truth rise.
You’re seeing controlled opposition.
The “alt” media isn’t free.
It’s the new mainstream—wearing a mask.
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The Canadian government is still subsidizing the CBC plus other news outlets. There's no independent media here, rather, it's a highly subjective media designed to please the hand that feeds it.
Leslie