Extreme Censorship Is Shaping Reality
Sachs tells Brand that when he grew up, newspapers enjoyed dissing on political figures. But now, “these papers don’t do anything but repeat the lies. And it’s extremely strange to me.”5 Due to his experience, Sachs knows a lot of reporters, and they actually tell him that they’re unable to report freely:6
“They tell me privately, ‘Yeah, what you’re saying is right, but our editor is not so interested in it’ … Corporate ownership, yes, it’s definitely part of it. But the complete collapse of professionalism in journalism in these mainstream media — not everywhere, because there are some really brave people out there — but in, what we call the mainstream, it's pathetic and very dangerous.”
Even as the war grows increasingly dangerous, there is no open discussion — only a one-sided dictate that’s spread over the airwaves. Sachs explained:7
“We’re deep into a war that is escalating and we can’t even have a decent discussion about what the sources of this war are and how to end it. I’ve had the experience. I wrote for one project syndicate for 20 years. I was their most-published writer. But they wouldn’t print the pieces that I wrote that were contrary to the official line about this war. It was pretty amazing to me after 20 years. I couldn’t post a piece. And that’s not good, in my view.”
What does this level of censorship and control suggest? The clues can be found in our heavily militarized government, which is the overarching theme across party lines:8
“I’ve been involved with dozens of governments across the world for 40 years now. Basically, the neocons took over U.S. foreign policy 30 years ago. And it hasn’t really mattered whether it’s democrats or republicans … the mainstream of our political system in both parties is militarized, and our foreign policy is largely based on secrecy. So we don’t even see what our government is doing.
Nothing is explained, nothing is debated anymore, and that’s been true for a long time. It’s been true across the administration, so it’s not a partisan thing.”
- 1, 4 YouTube, Russell Brand, This is How the US Have Lied About Ukraine War, November 6, 2022, 1:10
- 2 Columbia SIPA, Jeffrey Sachs
- 3 YouTube, Russell Brand, This is How the US Have Lied About Ukraine War, November 6, 2022, 8:29
- 5, 6 YouTube, Russell Brand, This is How the US Have Lied About Ukraine War, November 6, 2022, 2:45
- 7 YouTube, Russell Brand, This is How the US Have Lied About Ukraine War, November 6, 2022, 3:23
- 8 YouTube, Russell Brand, This is How the US Have Lied About Ukraine War, November 6, 2022, 4:45
- 9 YouTube, Russell Brand, This is How the US Have Lied About Ukraine War, November 6, 2022, 6:19
- 10 YouTube Tucker Carlson September 27, 2022
- 11 CSIS September 29, 2022
- 12 Yahoo News September 30, 2022
- 13 YouTube, Russell Brand, This is How the US Have Lied About Ukraine War, November 6, 2022, 6:49
- 14 Reuters February 7, 2022
- 15 The American Conservative September 28, 2022
- 16 Rumble March 8, 2022
- 17 Bitchute May 2, 2022
- 18 YouTube, Russell Brand, This is How the US Have Lied About Ukraine War, November 6, 2022, 9:06
- 19 The Last American Vagabond March 2, 2022
