Bomani Jones
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Podcast Appearances
This is what the book says. It says, as Paul Goodman has pointed out, there are many forms of censorship and one of them is to deny access to loudspeakers to those with dissident ideas or even any ideas. This is easy to do and not necessarily conspiratorial when the loudspeakers are owned and operated by mammoth corporations with enormous investments in their proprietorships.
This is what the book says. It says, as Paul Goodman has pointed out, there are many forms of censorship and one of them is to deny access to loudspeakers to those with dissident ideas or even any ideas. This is easy to do and not necessarily conspiratorial when the loudspeakers are owned and operated by mammoth corporations with enormous investments in their proprietorships.
What we get is an entirely new politics, including the possibility that a major requirement for holding political office be prior success as a show business celebrity. And now to me, where he is talking about television, where it gets wonky is I think the people who truly control that information in that way are Musk. Zuckerberg and the people that control the social media algorithms.
What we get is an entirely new politics, including the possibility that a major requirement for holding political office be prior success as a show business celebrity. And now to me, where he is talking about television, where it gets wonky is I think the people who truly control that information in that way are Musk. Zuckerberg and the people that control the social media algorithms.
What we get is an entirely new politics, including the possibility that a major requirement for holding political office be prior success as a show business celebrity. And now to me, where he is talking about television, where it gets wonky is I think the people who truly control that information in that way are Musk. Zuckerberg and the people that control the social media algorithms.
And they can greatly decide who does or doesn't get famous. Like the idea of Stephen A. Smith as president was, I was getting bombarded with it about a month and a half ago and I didn't ask for it.
And they can greatly decide who does or doesn't get famous. Like the idea of Stephen A. Smith as president was, I was getting bombarded with it about a month and a half ago and I didn't ask for it.
And they can greatly decide who does or doesn't get famous. Like the idea of Stephen A. Smith as president was, I was getting bombarded with it about a month and a half ago and I didn't ask for it.
Well, I mean, I've been doing it for a long time, so I'd like to think that I can, right? Like, I could be wrong, but I think that I can. The reason that I think that I can and the reason I think I do it fairly effectively, and this is a reason that you and I could be as close as we have, I believe, and I think it's very important, is you and I grew up going to rural public schools.
Well, I mean, I've been doing it for a long time, so I'd like to think that I can, right? Like, I could be wrong, but I think that I can. The reason that I think that I can and the reason I think I do it fairly effectively, and this is a reason that you and I could be as close as we have, I believe, and I think it's very important, is you and I grew up going to rural public schools.
Well, I mean, I've been doing it for a long time, so I'd like to think that I can, right? Like, I could be wrong, but I think that I can. The reason that I think that I can and the reason I think I do it fairly effectively, and this is a reason that you and I could be as close as we have, I believe, and I think it's very important, is you and I grew up going to rural public schools.
And I think that that's a very important point in terms of your ability to relate to people. We understand what I level is a little bit differently. And we grew up around people who, if they feel like you're talking over your heads, we'll try to fight you. Like you have to learn how to, like how to do this stuff and still talk to them. Right.
And I think that that's a very important point in terms of your ability to relate to people. We understand what I level is a little bit differently. And we grew up around people who, if they feel like you're talking over your heads, we'll try to fight you. Like you have to learn how to, like how to do this stuff and still talk to them. Right.
And I think that that's a very important point in terms of your ability to relate to people. We understand what I level is a little bit differently. And we grew up around people who, if they feel like you're talking over your heads, we'll try to fight you. Like you have to learn how to, like how to do this stuff and still talk to them. Right.
So that's like my fundamental belief is that I believe my brother told me something when I first started writing that I'll never forget. And he said, a great argument is not one that a genius cannot refute. It is one that a fool cannot refute.
So that's like my fundamental belief is that I believe my brother told me something when I first started writing that I'll never forget. And he said, a great argument is not one that a genius cannot refute. It is one that a fool cannot refute.
So that's like my fundamental belief is that I believe my brother told me something when I first started writing that I'll never forget. And he said, a great argument is not one that a genius cannot refute. It is one that a fool cannot refute.
And so I feel like if I can keep it simple, like keep it, like keep it tangible and there'll be something funny that comes up along the way, then people will listen to it. And in the end.
And so I feel like if I can keep it simple, like keep it, like keep it tangible and there'll be something funny that comes up along the way, then people will listen to it. And in the end.
And so I feel like if I can keep it simple, like keep it, like keep it tangible and there'll be something funny that comes up along the way, then people will listen to it. And in the end.