Episode 57: "Network" & the Current State of Tabloid Culture

For me, Network predicts the rise of tabloid "news," corporate-controlled media, and the use of propaganda to pacify and distract people. It also shows us the death of democracy and the whole world as one giant web of corporations.  Links:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_(1976_film)https://neilchughes.com/2014/07/15/im-mad-as-hell-speech-from-network-1976/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/03/awards-insider-network-got-it-right-the-legacy-of-a-scorching-satirehttps://newlinesmag.com/review/the-film-network-darkly-predicted-our-paranoid-politics/https://www.buzzsprout.com/1125110/13830922Need more? You can visit the website at: https://consaracytheories.com/ or my own site at: https://saracausey.com/. Don't forget to check out the blog at: https://consaracytheories.com/blog. Decoding the Unicorn: A New Look at Dag Hammarskjöld is available now! Click here to buy it on Amazon. Support the show