Episode 9: Media Monopoly Marina

Ahoy! Pirates sail into Media Monopoly Marina—parrots EVERYWHERE squawking the SAME EXACT WORDS! "FEAR THE STORM!" on every ship, dock, tavern—word for word! Turns out ONE sneaky captain—Captain Conglomerate—owns ALL the parrots! Pretends they're different—different colored feathers, different names, different ships. But they ALL repeat HIS script! Any parrot squawks something different? Feathers ripped out, called CRAZY PARROT, banned from marina! "Don't listen—it spreads LIES!" Meanwhile HIS parrots make stuff up! Liberty Lesson: When you watch "news," you think it's different people. NOPE! Just SIX captains own almost ALL parrots in the WHOLE world! Six! They decide stories, words, what you're SCARED of today. Not news—a SCRIPT! Jab: Ever notice EVERY parrot says exact same thing, exact same day? "This is dangerous to our democracy!" Word for word, ship to ship! That ain't news—that's PROGRAMMING! Training you what to think! Trick: Captain Conglomerate has "fact checker" parrots too! But who PAYS them? SAME CAPTAIN! Free parrot squawks truth? "WRONG! LIES! MISINFORMATION!" Rigged game! Quest: Ask—"Who OWNS this parrot? Who's paying? Are others saying EXACT same thing?" Find THREE sources not owned by same captain! If ALL saying same thing—not proof it's TRUE, proof it's a SCRIPT! Don't be trained parrot—be FREE pirate! #LibertyPirates #MediaLiteracy #ThinkForYourself