[ExI] why do we still need mainstream news media?

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> 
Cc: spike at rainier66.com
Subject: Re: [ExI] why do we still need mainstream news media?

 

On Mon, Dec 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> > wrote:

 

> >>… one video, 120 million views in four days.

 

>>…But that one guy would never have been able to do that if the mainstream news hadn't discovered and reported on the story long before he did…  John K Clark

 

 

> but nothing happened.  Now… one video, 120 million views in four days.

 

The real question here is why this story has been around for years but nothing happened.  So I went looking around for those news stories which covered it, and noticed something interesting.  The local news agencies ran stories on it, but the tone and attitude of those stories were completely different from how Nick Shirley covered it.  They had Minnesota Nice all over them.  They were so careful, never accusing, always with the bland “people are saying” and “questions are being asked” and “government agencies are looking into” etc.  OK.  So… who is saying?  What is being asked?  What government agency is looking into this?  And why have years gone by?  What agency or who is responsible for this?  

 

Nick Shirley is just a kid, with no corporation to protect.  He doesn’t have Minnesota Nice.  He comes out and asks if this is fraud.  It sure looks like it to me.  That government agencies have known about this for years and nothing has happened while money is still being handed over suggests the agencies are in on the deal.  Sunlight is disinfecting this situation.

 

spike

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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