What's real and what's fake? Jeff Peel on social media manipulation and questionable agendas
We discuss video footage of what looks like an attempted decapitation in Belfast along with the trial of an Algerian man in Dublin accused of the attempted murder of three school children...
It's hard to know who or what to trust these days with so many competing online agendas begging for attention and a mainstream media that can’t stop lying. We break down some of the stories of the moment in an attempt to figure out the aim of the game.
Note: A few details have shifted since our conversation earlier today including the timing of the attack. News reports say it was 22.30 (not 02.00) and that the accused man is Sudanese, not Somali.
As ever, author and political commentator Jeff Peel offers his insights with care and caution.
You can find Jeff on X HERE.
Great video both of you. Lots to process, but in brief:
1) If it's in the news - it's a ruse. At one time - young men went out after midnight with a packet of Durex hoping to get lucky. Now - it's a hockey stick? Oh dear - all of a sudden I'm glad to be older.
2) The Ryanair bag tweet. Algorithmic poisoning at its finest. Shame on James May. Mind you - I was beginning to have doubts about him when it was revealed Edwina Currie was a friend?!
3) Buying 'vulnerable' high profile dissenters. Yep, I think that's the case. It used to be reserved for the political classes that - but now it's everyone with a profile: "You ascend the ratings ladder - we'll provide the banana skins".
4) The joy of relative anonymity. The increasing delights of returning more to an analogue life (and the consequent reduction in stress over digital manipulation and associated shittery) is something I am lucky to be able to steer into. I agree - it IS ALL ABOUT DIGITAL I.D. Digital I.D is the 21st C answer to 19th / 20thC concentration camps. Just they are cheaper and cast a wider net.
Keep trucking. Technology isn't all bad - but it sure is getting harder to navigate.
Its a good distraction from the Dublin attackers trial, Riad Bouchaker!