The Local - Germany

ꕤ Media Selling Unicorns❄ Corporate-Serving Media In Service of Aggressive Neoliberal Foreign Policy |  Manufacturing Consent Bias.  Compliance.  Censorship. Disinformation.  Distraction.  Diversion.  Suppression.  Smear. censorship & disinformation is denial of informed consent The Local - Germany The publication re-tweets an image, originally tweeted by Doug Saunders, who appears to be an imperialist agenda defending journalist-author. It's an image of what appears to be some deluded (and rather manic looking) guy, wearing a 'refugees welcome' styled t-shirt: ꕤ COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Seriously, what does that even mean, when it is merely an empty slogan that is completely divorced of social and other consequences? It's typical of the feel-good tosh the press is so good at disseminating. Having just watched a couple of videos on the effects of Islamic immigration on Germany, Europe and beyond, my gut response in the comments section, was: Guess he hasn't seen this video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ-QX8LuKHA If you watch the video (ignoring some of the 'end of the Western world' type of dramatisation), this is documentary footage of the impact of Islamic immigration on Britain, France, Germany, Finland, Sweden and beyond. What is contained in that footage is enough to make your blood run cold. Given the events depicted in the video, I don't believe scepticism and concern is unwarranted or extreme. My response to The Local's inane refugee glorification messaging was definitely in the dispassionate remark category:  ie 'Guess he hasn't seen this video'. Almost immediately, and out of nowhere, I have Tom Barfield, editor of The Local Germany, whom I did not personally address, reply with some incongruous message: Incongruous because: (a) there was no 'angry' anti-immigration or anti-refugee communication to The Local or to Tom Barfield from one TokyoRose; and (b) it's not often that editors of publications devote time (taken from their busy professional schedules) to launch an attack, of sorts, on measured public opinion in what is, after all, a public forum. So why is Tom Barfield on the defensive -- or is that, offensive -- one wonders? He's had 'enough this evening' ... lol   Oh, the imagery that comes to mind.  ;) Barfield is undoubtedly a propagandist on the offensive. I'd wager that Barfield's delivery is the stock-standard prepared in advance canned messaging 'response' to any comments that may challenge Barfield's publication's present round of propaganda. How desperate is this tosser to have his publication's propaganda prevail?  lol And whatever this guy is selling, I'm most definitely not buying after being accosted. Barfield comes up with this inanity ... followed by personal insult: Setting aside the 'fantasy' that is documented (and ignoring Tom Barfield's unwarranted ad hominem attack), Barfield's 'not interested' in Doug Saunders? Well, duh, of course he's not. Tom Barfield's publication, The Local, is re-tweeting Doug Saunders' feel-good refugee slogan t-shirt messaging ... and this is Doug Saunders, that's been described as follows: Doug Saunders of The Globe and Mail: all the journalistic integrity of Josef Goebbels June 9, 2014 3:29 pm By Robert Spencer http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/06/doug-saunders-of-the-globe-and-mail-all-the-journalistic-integrity-of-josef-goebbels Lol ... of course, he's not interested. The Editor, who's desperately pushing the imperialist serving 'humanitarian' messaging (and imperialist agenda shield), does nothing to address the shocking facts of consequences of like immigration, that's documented in video evidence. Instead, he comes up with this little gem about 'my' editing prowess ... as if a series of events can be discounted merely because they appear in the same video footage (which I can't take credit for, by the way): Ummm, why is this whacko media Editor so desperately trying to dispel the truth? Guess that anybody who wishes to be a public figure must support the prevailing ideology ... but might Barfield be taking that 'necessity of public life' a tad too far? It ends with Barfield taking the Joseph Goebbels prize in journalism and public relations: Perhaps Barfield deserves The Orwellian Prize, as well.  lol Told Barfield he wouldn't know truth if it bit him on the balls & I haven't heard further. So what's Barfield's story: Thomson Reuters Agence France Presse The Cambridge Student Guardian Group Metro International Demotix CNN part of the team covering French domestic politics      at the UK Embassy in Paris Attaché politique/Political officer Foreign and Commonwealth Office March 2013 – August 2014 (1 year 6 months) British Embassy, Paris TheLocal Germany The following probably explains Barfield's position defending the consequences of aggressive Western foreign policy in the Middle East and beyond, at an incalculable social cost to Europe: Former Attaché politique/Political officer Foreign and Commonwealth Office ꕤ COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. If I understand correctly, Barfield has worked for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Britain. So this former FCO propagandist presumes to tell the public how the dire consequences of British and American imperialist aggression and destabilisations of the Middle East and Africa are really 'good' for all concerned ... despite the evidence to the contrary.  lol I rest my case: #Wanker Doug Saunders b.1967 British-Canadian journalist and author columnist for The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Canada Author book  Arrival City (2011) Arrival City: How the Largest Migration in History Is Reshaping Our World Saunders insists urban migration means improvement overall, and that the arrival city serves as a springboard for the integration of new populations. ---------------------- ꕤ  ---------------------- 2012 Book The Myth of the Muslim Tide documented the immigration, integration and political response to Muslim minorities in Europe and North America ... book chronicles the final shift of human populations from rural to urban areas, which Saunders argues is the most important development of the 21st-century. He argues that this migration creates "arrival cities," neighbourhoods and slums on the urban margins that are linked both to villages and to core cities, and that the fate of these centres is crucial to the fortunes of nations. ...  counterargument to works by such figures as Thilo Sarrazin, Mark Steyn, Bruce Bawer, and to the political movements of Geert Wilders and Anders Behring Breivik, which argue that Muslim immigrants cannot be assimilated, have high population-growth rates and are poised to conquer or dominate Western civilization. ...  also compares the experience of Muslim immigrants—both in their integration patterns and the political reception they receive—to earlier waves of religious-minority immigrants, notably European Roman Catholics and Eastern European Ashkenazic Jews. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Saunders Both these individuals defend imperialist positions and interests. Guess this demonstrates why the corporate media sucks balls.  UPDATE      05 March 2016 Hey, in addition to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Britain link via the German editor's work experience, there's reportedly a US embassy link as well .... hmmmmmm: [Click image to enlarge] SOURCE ꕤ