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群眾眼睛雪亮!
Not much attention was given to these insightful posts, which caught me off guard! So to speak, I moved them to my collection as a reminder: the mass got a sharp eye, spot-on.
Ref: 顫音 蟬音了了 https://blog.wenxuecity.com/myblog/71593/202104/38333.html 蟬音了了
吐槽主流媒體眼中的貧富差距
(2021-05-10 08:57:29)下一個據主流媒體報道新冠疫情期間美國的貧富差距進一步加大，極富的財富有了天文數字的增加，老生重談解決這個頑疾的最佳方案是政府給窮人發錢。媒體卻沒有任何研究探討貧富差距的根源在哪裏。俺猜測政府給窮人發錢才是罪魁禍首。極富的財富多和股市相關，而政府給窮人發的錢最終去了哪裏了？俺以為是消費和炒股，而這兩種去處分別間接和直接的抬升了股市，自然肥了極富的腰包。雖然窮人的投資，如果真的去投資了，也可能會以和富人同樣的百分比去增長，可是極富的基數是遠遠大於窮人的，所有差距的絕對值隻會因為股市的飆升而進一步地加大。縮小貧富差距的辦法是什麽呢？俺以為該是教會窮人如何致富，和政府的製度和法律利於窮人致富，而不是發錢。當今的極富幾十年前都是從 garage 和 home office 開始，比方貝索斯和蓋茨，美國那時有對 small business 友好的環境，政府的條條框框都比如今小很多。如今的大政府，稅收和各種奇葩的法規都在扼殺 small business ，American Dream 終將成為 DAYDREAM 。
吐槽 RACISM
(2021-05-07 08:17:46)下一個RACISM 是當今能把人一棍子打倒的大棒，BLACK , BROWN , YELLOW , 各種顏色，一波接一波。俺以為 RACISM 的定義該是依據膚色判定他人的行為和決定自己的行為。由此俺覺得最符合這個定義的例子是 98% 黑人在總統選舉時都投票給了和自己膚色一樣的 OBAMA 。能勝過這樣的一致的投票率的選舉隻發生在東西朝鮮。當這樣的一個群體的選票會決定選舉的結果時，一人一票的民主選舉也許出了問題，也許天朝的選民素質論聽起來有道理。
俺讀書時的導師是個南方長大的男性白人，滿足 RACIST 的基本條件。一次閑聊起南北戰爭，讓我驚掉下巴的是他覺得南方有獨立的權力，爭端不該通過戰爭來解決的， 北方並不代表正義。這是20年前，現在他隻怕不敢講出這樣的話了。就在幾年後的一次市長選舉，兩個候選人，一個是白人男子，來自當地世襲政客之家，是前市長的兒子，現任聯邦參議員的弟弟，另一位是黑人男子，無從政經驗，是一家打公司的高管。他投票給了那位黑人，因為他對 career politicians 非常失望，覺得有 business background 的企業高管更有可能扭轉城市的現狀。很顯然，投票時他是 color blind 。 很遺憾，他看走了眼。雖然那位黑人侯選人成功當選，並連任，隻是他任期內的受賄事發，數目雖然和天朝的臣子麽相比是小巫見大巫，還是 convicted ，進了聯邦監獄服刑。
吐槽博愛的精英
(2021-04-30 08:49:03)下一個如今的精英們流行嘔吐博愛，教育世人當愛弱勢群體，愛非法移民，愛罪犯，愛環境，愛愛愛。他們教育人民要充滿愛心，貢獻出資源，貢獻出愛，節約能源，等等等等。可是大多精英們都住在高牆和私人保鏢保護的豪宅，而不是他們最愛的 inner city 。他們需要乘坐私人飛機去領取頒發給他們的環境保護獎。一個國家如果交付給這樣的精英來領導，會怎樣？比方聖人一樣的 Obama 總統
媒體也是生意，怎麽賺錢怎麽來，包括拉讚助，拉廣告，拉捐款。美國的主流媒體也得這麽做，不然關門大吉。媒體人相應地要搏眼球拉聽眾和觀眾，宣揚正義和揭露陰暗是博眼球的副產品。這部電影開始讓我對媒體產生了疑問。DUSTIN HOFFMAN 主演的 MAD CITY。Its plot from wiki：
After being sacked from his job at a museum, former security guard Sam Baily returns to the place with a shotgun and dynamite and takes his former boss Mrs. Banks and a number of children (at the museum on a school field trip) as hostages. Local television journalist Max Brackett is in the museum using the restroom after an interview with the curator about financial difficulties. He becomes directly involved in the hostage situation, acting as Baily's intermediary to the outside world and the police.
Baily accidentally shoots a friend of his, Cliff, who's still working there as a security guard, sending him to the hospital. He later fires the weapon again, frightening the children and becoming increasingly unstable as he takes caffeine pills to stay awake. Along with the young intern coworker Laurie among the growing media circus outside, Brackett reports the inside story exclusively on television, reviving his career. By being free to come and go, he negotiates with a national network and its star news anchorman, Kevin Hollander, with whom Brackett has an unhappy history.
Baily wants the police to let him return home to his wife and kids, refusing to accept that he's going to jail. Brackett, on the other hand, makes a deal rather than let Hollander have the story, prompting Hollander to publicly accuse Brackett of prolonging the crisis and endangering the children. Laurie then betrays Brackett, proving that, like him, she's willing to do whatever it takes to further her own career.
When his friend Cliff dies, Baily starts to realize he's lost everything. Baily and Brackett allow the situation to worsen until the police finally have had enough, issuing a five-minute ultimatum to Baily for release of the hostages. Baily lets the children and Mrs. Banks go. He also sends out Brackett to try to convince the police to put down their guns so he could personally usher out Baily. But rather than face prison and his wife Baily locks the museum doors on Brackett, who's outside trying to get the police to listen.
Brackett tries to get him to come out, but Baily ignores him. Brackett is unaware that Baily has decided to set off his explosives, committing suicide. The blast knocks Brackett off his feet and into the parking lot, sending debris everywhere. As reporters surround Brackett to ask about Baily, all he can say is, "We killed him," referring to how the media handled the situation.
推薦這部老片子。
讓我徹底對美國主流媒體失去信任是2016年的大選。我原本經常聽 NPR 的，可是它大選前後一邊倒的報道厭惡。舉個栗子。關於墨西哥，NPR 曾經報道過那裏毒販猖獗和因此而生的暴力犯罪，它報道的目的是揭露和同情。而當床鋪提出嚴控邊界，防止壞人入境時，NPR 卻說無需嚴控，說那一邊想過來的都是善良守法追求美好生活的人。對芝加哥這類城市的報道也是如此。
媒體很擅長 manipulate 人民的心理，不留痕跡地牽著你順著它的目標下結論。我的體會來自轟動一時的 Trayvon Martin 事件。初始報道時的 headline 是少年被無辜槍殺。 用的照片是這一張，隻媒體沒有指明照片是事發幾年前拍的，會讓你懷疑這樣的男孩怎麽會讓 George Zimmerman 感到生命威脅而自衛扣動扳機。當塵埃落定，需要宣揚他的 “legacy”的時候，用了接近事發年齡時的照片，穿著被 “iconized” grey hoodie 的照片，照片就不再掩飾他的 power 了。
媒體還很擅長的一手是突出報道一個事件中眾多因素裏它最關注的 A 和 B ，進而誘導你去得出 A causes B ，盡管 A 和 B 隻是一個事件中無數關聯的因素兩個而已。
吐槽文化人
(2021-05-05 08:47:59) https://blog.wenxuecity.com/myblog/71593/202105/5174.html? 下一個昨日一睹茶壇扭腰文化人的風采，讓俺染上了重度 XMJDH ，惟一的解藥是吐槽。俺以為當今天下的種種亂象有些是源於文化人酒足飯飽，有了底氣，占領了話語權，通過各種媒體渠道，以先知和救世主的姿態給勞苦大眾講解生命的真諦，號召勞苦大眾也和文化人一樣放棄勞作，去體驗生命的喜怒哀樂，比方新科奧斯卡，NOMADLAND ，浪漫化對生命放棄的選擇，而對頌揚堅韌征服的都斥之為心靈雞湯。
好了，就到這裏，等著磚頭。
推薦一個 Netflix 上的 show ， GRAND DESIGN ， 一個 episode 裏一家人曆經10年建成了自己的 DREAM HOUSE ， REAL GRITS 。
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