The Mighty Wurlitzer at work

Google “mighty wurlitzer” and you’ll get two definitions. I’m talking about the second one; a metaphor CIA official Frank Wisner used to describe the Agency’s influence over public opinion. Wisner may have been wielding that metaphor fifty years ago, but the mighty Wurlitzer plays on today. Mainstream and social media toot the same notes at the same time, whether the tune is about George Floyd or Greta Thunberg or Little Bana or Donald Trump or Covid. The CIA probably has more influence on public opinion today than it had fifty years ago. Of course, any hint of such a thing is nothing but a “conspiracy theory.” If I’m not mistaken, the term “conspiracy theory” was coined by the CIA, about fifty years ago.

CBC News explains why they're going down the toilet

We are 15 months into the cultural and social revolution sparked by the murder of George Floyd.

Here is CBC News Editor-in-chief Brodie Fenlon 'splainin' their relentless pursuit of irrelevance; How CBC is diving deeper when it comes to newsroom diversity. 

It appears Brodie still has a ways to go on his path to enlightenment, as that "Editor-in-CHIEF" business is highly problematic in some circles. 

Odd that a pot-addled bumpkin would catch that... maybe CBC should hire me as a Wokeness Coach!

Then again, white folks in positions of influence and privilege generally make fools of themselves when bemoaning "lack of diversity."

One of the startling facts revealed in Brodie's article is that 64% of Indigenous guests on CBC talk about being Indigenous. 

Of course they do! That's why the CBC has them on. It's called "pandering," Brodie. Look it up before you dive any deeper!

Speaking of pandering, one of the few manifestations of the "cultural and social revolution," other than know-nothing millennials vandalizing statues, is the CBC's "Being Black in Canada" feature. 

I had no idea there were so many lonely Black trans kids in small prairie towns. Imagine the scarce resources CBC invested in ferreting out that scoop.

On the other hand, in their zeal to impress their audience with their commitment to diversity, the CBC brainiacs sometimes neglect to mention race at all. 

Take, for example, this story about the leader of the Proud Boys white supremacist terror group, Enrique Tarrio, going to jail for burning a Black Lives Matter banner.

Not a hint in the story that Enrique Tarrio is a Black dude!

Doesn't suit the prevailing narrative

The Black people missing from the Toronto Star's obsession with the Black experience

It's not just the Toronto Star of course, but their feature today on how 15 (yes, 15 out of what, maybe a million Blacks in Toronto?) Blacks feel about racial issues a year on from George Floyd made we wonder what Black people really think.

Because not every Black person is a community organizer or an activist or a professor, which is pretty much all I got in that Toronto Star story.

Where's the Black folks I used to work with? What do the Black welders and shipyard workers and steel-fab workers think? 

One thing I know for sure is they aren't lighting candles at their in-home George Floyd shrines.

Why can't the Toronto Star or the CBC find some space for these Black people?