Daily Transmission - Manufactured Outrage, Media Manipulation, & Viral Anger,

One on One Video Call W/George https://tidycal.com/georgepmonty/60-minute-meetingSupport the show:https://www.paypal.me/Truelifepodcast?locale.x=en_US📌 Receipts Research Links for “The Outrage They Manufacture”Facebook/Meta Algorithm Manipulation 1. Facebook Internal Documents (Frances Haugen Leaks)https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-facebook-files-11631713039 ∙ Wall Street Journal’s “Facebook Files” series documenting internal research showing angry reactions drive 5x more engagement 1. Facebook Memo on Polarization ∙ https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/26/21270659/facebook-division-news-feed-algorithms ∙ Internal memo discussing how polarized content increases engagementMedia Ownership Consolidation 1. Corporate Media Ownership Chart ∙ https://www.webfx.com/blog/internet/the-6-companies-that-own-almost-all-media-infographic/ ∙ Documentation of six corporations controlling 90% of American media 1. FCC Media Ownership Rules ∙ https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/media-ownership ∙ Federal Communications Commission data on media consolidationCongressional Activity During Distraction Cycles 1. RESTRICT Act (2023) ∙ https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/686 ∙ Full text of the act passed with minimal coverage during TikTok controversy 1. 2024 NDAA Passage ∙ https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670 ∙ $886 billion defense bill passed during media distraction cycles 1. Congressional Voting Records ∙ https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes ∙ Track what actually passes during major media controversiesCorporate Consolidation During Outrage Cycles 1. BlackRock Housing Acquisitions ∙ https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-you-sell-a-house-these-days-the-buyer-might-be-a-pension-fund-11617544801 ∙ Documentation of institutional investors buying single-family homes 1. Invitation Homes Corporate Ownership ∙ https://www.invitationhomes.com/ ∙ Publicly traded company’s own disclosures on portfolio sizeEngagement Optimization Research 1. MIT Study on Fake News Spread https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aap9559 ∙ Research showing false information spreads 6x faster than truth on Twitter 1. Pew Research on Social Media & News https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/ ∙ Data on news consumption patterns and engagementPlatform Algorithm Studies 1. YouTube Radicalization Research ∙ https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA704-3.html ∙ RAND Corporation study on algorithmic recommendation and radicalization 1. Twitter Bot Network Analysis ∙ https://www.propublica.org/article/how-we-analyzed-the-comprop-data ∙ ProPublica investigation into manufactured trending topicsFinancial Transfers During Distraction 1. 2020 CARES Act Corporate Provisions ∙ https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/coronavirus/assistance-for-american-industry ∙ Treasury data on corporate bailouts during pandemic 1. Bank Bailouts 2023 ∙ https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20230312a.htm ∙ Federal Reserve emergency lending during Silicon Valley Bank collapseBipartisan Policy Consensus 1. Defense Spending Votes ∙ https://clerk.house.gov/Votes ∙ House voting records showing bipartisan support for military budgets 1. Surveillance Expansion Votes ∙ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/congress-reconsiders-section-702-lets-not-repeat-mistakes-patriot-act ∙ Electronic Frontier Foundation tracking of surveillance legislationMedia Production Strategies 1. Former Fox Producer Revelations ∙ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/11/the-making-of-the-fox-news-white-house ∙ Inside look at cable news production decisions 1. MSNBC/CNN Production Analysis ∙ https://www.cjr.org/analysis/cable-news-business-model.php ∙ Columbia Journalism Review on cable news business modelsRage Farming Economics 1. Time Spent on Social Media Statistics ∙ https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/social-media/ ∙ Pew data on daily social media consumption 1. Emotional Contagion Study ∙ https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1320040111 ∙ Facebook’s controversial emotion manipulation experimentAlternative News Tracking 1. What Didn’t Make the News ∙ https://www.projectcensored.org/ ∙ Project Censored’s annual list of under-reported stories 1. FAIR Media Analysis ∙ https://fair.org/ ∙ Fairness & Accur...