Billionaires and Media

 The Washington Post ran an editorial which endorsed Pam Bondi as a "qualified" and "serious" pick for Attorney General. 

Yes. The same Washington Post who refused to endorse Kamala Harris' campaign saying that it was unethical. 

Pam Bondi is also a former Amazon lobbyist, which is not mentioned.

You might also want to check your facebook. I suddenly found myself following, of all people, Mark Zuckerberg who is at one of the inaugural balls. He is "feeling optimistic", he reported, shown in a picture with his wife, smiling broadly.

I didn't ask for his opinion. I unfollowed and blocked him immediately. 

Other people are reporting that they are suddenly following 'The White House', Donald Trump, Melania Trump, or JD Vance (or any combination of them). They did not request this...it just magically happened. Smiling faces and cheerful posts calling for unity and celebration. (Just as magically, these people unfollowed, which for the uninitiated, you do by going to the three dots on the right hand side of the post, clicking on it, and scrolling down the list to 'unfollow and block', and clicking on that). 

A bit of history for you.

How did the Nazis use censorship? 

 

When the Nazis came to power in 1933, the German constitution guaranteed freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Through decrees and laws, the Nazis abolished these civil rights and destroyed German democracy. Starting in 1934, it was illegal to criticize the Nazi government. Even telling a joke about Hitler was considered treachery. People in Nazi Germany could not say or write whatever they wanted. 

Examples of censorship under the Nazis included:

• Closing down or taking over anti-Nazi newspapers; 
• Controlling what news appeared in newspapers, on the radio, and in newsreels;
• Banning and burning books that the Nazis categorized as un-German;
• Controlling what soldiers wrote home during World War II.

How did the Nazis use propaganda?

 

The Nazis used propaganda to promote their ideas and beliefs. Beginning in March 1933, the regime tried to centralize its propaganda efforts in a new ministry led by Joseph Goebbels. This ministry was called the Reich Ministry of Enlightenment and Propaganda. 

The Nazis used a variety of propaganda tools to spread Nazi ideas. Examples of propaganda under the Nazis included: 

• Glorifying Adolf Hitler by using his image on postcards, posters, and in the press; 
• Spreading negative images and ideas about Jews in magazines, films, cartoons, and other media; 
• Making radios more affordable so that more Germans could listen to Nazi ideas and news;
• Broadcasting Nazi speeches on the radio and public loudspeakers;
• Organizing large and celebratory Nazi Party rallies;
• Creating groups, like the Hitler Youth and League of German Girls, that fostered Nazi ideals.

How did propaganda and censorship work together?

 

Textbooks are a good example of how propaganda and censorship worked together in the Nazi regime. The Nazis used both propaganda and censorship to control what students read in school. Nazi censors removed some textbooks from classrooms. New textbooks taught students to obey the Nazi Party, love Hitler, and hate Jews.