(A Branch of Yellow Journalism*)
Cartoon Repurposed | Recycled Pursuant to the Times***
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Author: Daniel R. Fitzpatrick | 1919
Repurposed 2022 by SMS |
Neophyte: 1) a beginner or novice; 2) a new convert : proselyte
Neophryte: a psy-oped, fear-infected neophyte
In some future year, in some future journalism class, some future student (awaking from a sleep of passivity) may decide to deep-mine some hidden archive of the 2020's decade in order to collate all the phryteful headlines that several Gen X, Y, Z neophrytes spent his/her/their masked and isolated hours crafting for the greater good of the world. Here is just a small sampling from the narrative-imprisoned CBC - 2020 to 2022 (bold emphasis added)
:
▪ Lives are at stake — so why are some Canadians ignoring social distancing rules? (Mar 23, 2020)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-social-distancing-1.5507379?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_716_11481
▪ Alberta to roll out contact-tracing app in battle against COVID-19 (Apr 23, 2020)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/deena-hinshaw-covid-19-coronavirus-1.5542609?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20Calgary_720_22221
▪ Purolator facility in Calgary linked to 30 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (May 4, 2020)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-purolator-outbreak-1.5554896?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20Calgary_720_25488
▪ Community spread blamed for over half of Ontario's new COVID-19 cases, 'perplexing' top doctor: Friday's count of 477 new cases the highest in a week; province aiming for 20,000 tests a day
(May 8, 2020)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/covid-19-may-8-update-1.5560984
▪ Police report 2,200 home quarantine checks as Trudeau talks about stricter border measures (May 20, 2020)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/border-quarantine-police-trudeau-1.5575617?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1174_29281
▪ COVID-19 infections skyrocket among troops deployed in long-term care homes (May 21, 2020)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pandemic-covid-coronavirus-canadian-forces-long-term-care-1.5578948?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1174_29711
▪ COVID-19 disinformation being spread by Russia, China, say experts
(May 26, 2020)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/covid-coronavirus-russia-china-1.5583961
▪ Disinformation surging online during pandemic, says Microsoft president: Brad Smith says the company is also seeing a rise in cyber attacks on hospitals (May 26, 2020)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/microsoft-pandemic-cyber-attacks-disinformation-1.5585712?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1174_30868
▪ New StatsCan data reveals hundreds of 'excess' deaths in Canada amid pandemic (Jun 19, 2020)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/excess-deaths-covid-1.5619723?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1174_39781
▪ Asymptomatic COVID-19 findings dim hopes for 'herd immunity' and 'immunity passports' Antibodies few and short-lived, lung abnormalities found in asymptomatic carriers (Jun 28, 2020)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/asymptomatic-covid-19-1.5629172?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20Calgary_720_43477
▪ COVID-19 conspiracy theories creating a 'public health crisis' in Canada, experts say (Aug 3, 2020)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/covid-19-conspiracy-theories-1.5672766?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20Calgary_1652_78626
▪ Physical distancing, mask-wearing could be in place for 2-3 years even with vaccine, Tam warns: COVID-19 vaccine won't be a 'silver bullet,' chief public health officer says
(Aug 4, 2020)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/covid-19-vaccine-tam-1.5673729?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1613_80199
▪ Alberta physicians call for 'sharp' two-week lockdown to curb spread of COVID-19 Letter sent to premier and health minister warns of 'catastrophic' consequences without further restrictions
(Nov 9, 2020)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-covid-19-coronavirus-1.5795520
▪ As pandemic rages, Alberta now has 7,965 active cases of COVID-19 (Nov 9, 2020)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-covid-19-coronavirus-deena-hinshaw-1.5795261
▪ 'A deep, dark sense of foreboding' as Alberta braces for surge of COVID-19 illness and death (Nov 24, 2020)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-record-cases-november-2020-what-comes-next-in-december-1.5812999?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20Calgary_1652_220096
▪ Canada is 'playing chicken' with COVID-19 by reopening while variants are spreading widely (Feb 13, 2021)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/variants-lifting-restrictions-second-opinion-1.5912760?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1613_241401
▪ Coronavirus variants are testing the limits of what we once thought was safe in Canada (Apr 10, 2021)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/coronavirus-variants-risk-canada-covid-19-1.5982323?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1613_257565
▪ Race between vaccines and variants is back on as B.1.617 takes hold in Canada
(June 5, 2021)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/b1617-canada-covid-19-vaccines-1.6053976?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1613_276924
▪ COVID-19 has 'spread like wildfire' through Kashechewan — and children are suffering most: Miller (Jun 16, 2021)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/covid-19-wildfire-kashechewan-1.6067874?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1613_281422
▪ Pregnant Quebecers waiting to get COVID-19 vaccine are risking baby's life, doctors say (Jul 18, 2021)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/pregnant-quebecers-waiting-to-get-covid-19-vaccine-are-risking-baby-life-1.6105207
▪ Spike of unvaccinated pregnant women in COVID-19 ICUs concerning, says Calgary doctor: CBC News has confirmed that a pregnant woman in Alberta has died from COVID-19
(Sep 10, 2021)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/pregnant-covid-eliana-castillo-icu-1.6170575
▪ COVID-19 during pregnancy means 10 times higher risk of ICU admission, Canadian data suggests (Sep 16, 2021)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid-pregnancy-risk-icu-hospitalization-1.6176742
▪ Life and death: What critical-care triage could mean in Alberta ICUs: Premier Jason Kenney warned the acute-care system could be out of ICU beds and staff in 10 days
(Sep 17, 2021)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/emergency-covid-triage-alberta-1.6178253
▪ A reality check on Alberta's path to the devastating 4th wave of COVID (Sep 15, 2021)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/covid-fourth-wave-alberta-reality-check-1.6175564?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20Calgary_1652_312938
▪ Premier Jason Kenney implored to seek military backup as Alberta health-care system crumbles (Sep 19, 2021)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/kenney-military-alberta-health-care-1.6181646?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20Calgary_1652_314122
▪ Alberta sees record number of ICU admissions as COVID-19 hospitalizations soar: Province reports 1,660 new cases, 17 additional deaths on Thursday
(Sep 23, 2021)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/record-icu-admissions-covid19-1.6186914
▪ Alberta reports 5,181 new cases of COVID-19 over past 3 days, 23 new deaths: Hospitalizations, ICU admissions continue to grow
(Sep 27, 2021)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-reports-5-181-new-cases-of-covid-19-over-past-3-days-23-new-deaths-1.6191425
▪ Albertans dying from COVID-19 at more than three times the average Canadian rate: Province has one-tenth of Canada's population, almost half of active COVID-19 cases
(Sep 28, 2021)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/covid19-fatalities-alberta-three-times-canada-average-1.6192135?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20Calgary_1652_316427
▪ Sask. pregnant woman dies from COVID-19 in Edmonton after emergency C-section:Unvaccinated mother never regained consciousness to hold her newborn daughter, sister said (Oct 4, 2021)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/pregnant-woman-covid-death-1.6198943
▪ Husband regrets anti-vaxx stance as wife lies in a coma 800 km from home: Dwayne Binette says rural alienation, online misinformation played roles in his 'wrong choice' (Oct 22, 2021)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/anti-vaccine-fort-st-john-pregnant-wife-1.6222325?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1613_324471
▪ Canada's top doctor encourages wearing masks as hospitals struggle with virus surges (Nov 10, 2022)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/masks-covid-flu-rsv-1.6647388?cmp=newsletter_Morning%20Headlines%20from%20CBC%20News_1613_762229
▪ Canada is seeing an early rise in flu cases. Is a 'tidal wave' of infection coming? (Nov 11, 2022)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/early-flu-cases-canada-1.6647860?cmp=newsletter_Morning%20Headlines%20from%20CBC%20News_1613_762229
▪ The Bank of Canada is warning Canadians to brace for a rough winter (Nov 12, 2022)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bank-of-canada-winter-2022-1.6649322?cmp=newsletter_Morning%20Headlines%20from%20CBC%20News_1613_763490
▪ An inside look at the ER of Canada's largest pediatric hospital as RSV surges
(Nov 18, 2022)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/hospital-for-sick-children-surge-covid-flu-rsv-1.6654303?cmp=newsletter_Morning%20Headlines%20from%20CBC%20News_1613_768258
And what will this awakened journalism student discover in some future epiphany? The evidence will reveal how the legacy media (once known as the MSM) was owned and controlled (or corrupted) by the corrupted
powers; that Legacy Media created and published most of the dis-, mis-, fake, and
phryteful information as press- and pros-titutes for
The Great Psy-op.
Yup, yellow journalism of “scare headlines, ... faked interviews, misleading headlines, pseudoscience, and a parade of false learning from so-called experts” will be the verdict.
In the meantime, let those who see the reality now, count and document the yellow miasmas; and maybe — just maybe — enough muckrakers will rise up to turn the tide back against the mounting flood of yellow press.**
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Several relevant resources:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism
Yellow journalism and yellow press are American terms for journalism and associated newspapers that present little or no legitimate, well-researched news while instead using eye-catching headlines for increased sales.[1] Techniques may include
exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism. By extension, the term yellow journalism is used today as a pejorative to decry any journalism that treats news in an
unprofessional or unethical fashion.[2]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism (bold emphasis added)
Frank Luther Mott identifies
yellow journalism based on five characteristics:[6]
1.
scare headlines in huge print, often of minor news
2. lavish use of pictures, or imaginary drawings
3. use of
faked interviews, misleading headlines, pseudoscience, and a parade of false learning from so-called experts 4. emphasis on full-color Sunday supplements, usually with comic strips
5. dramatic sympathy with the "underdog" against the system.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_warfare
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_operations_%28United_States%29
Psychological operations (PSYOP) are operations to convey selected information and indicators to audiences to influence their, m emotions otives, and objective reasoning, and ultimately the behavior of governments, organizations, groups, and individuals.
The purpose of United States psychological operations is to induce or reinforce behavior perceived to be favorable to U.S. objectives. They are an important part of the range of diplomatic, informational, military and economic activities available to the U.S. They can be utilized during both peacetime and conflict. There are three main types: strategic, operational and tactical. Strategic PSYOP include informational activities conducted by the U.S. government agencies outside of the military arena, though many utilize Department of Defense (DOD) assets. Operational PSYOP are conducted across the range of military operations, including during peacetime, in a defined operational area to promote the effectiveness of the joint force commander's (JFC) campaigns and strategies. Tactical PSYOP are conducted in the area assigned to a tactical commander across the range of military operations to support the tactical mission against opposing forces.
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https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2022/11/a-short-message-to-news-reporters.html
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Repurposed Cartoon Image:
Repurposed Jan. 2022 by SMS: 1) Words “U.S. Senate" on bed cover replaced with “Covid Neophryte”; 2) caption “Trotsky” replaced with “COVID”; 3) added “MSM Minute by Minute” above caption.
Page URL:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fitzgerald_Cartoon.png
File URL:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Fitzgerald_Cartoon.png
Attribution:
Daniel R. Fitzpatrick, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Description: Trotsky'll Get You If You Don't Watch Out!
Date: 6 February 1919
Source: Murray, Robert K. (2009). Red Scare: A Study in National Hysteria, 1919-1920. U of Minnesota Press. ISBN 0816658331 page 96
Permission: This media file is in the public domain in the United States. This applies to U.S. works where the copyright has expired, often because its first publication occurred prior to January 1, 1926, and if not then due to lack of notice or renewal.
Author:& Daniel R. Fitzpatrick (1891 – 1969 AD)
Daniel Robert Fitzpatrick (March 5, 1891 – May 18, 1969) was a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and an editorial cartoonist for the St. Louis Dispatch from 1913 to 1958.[1]
Fitzpatrick was born in Superior, Wisconsin. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. From 1911 to 1912 he worked as a staff artist and cartoonist at the Chicago Daily News. Joining the St. Louis Post Dispatch in 1913, Fitzpatrick served as its editorial cartoonist until 1958.[2]
His work and actions received criticism. In 1940 the cartoonist and several other Post Dispatch staff members were cited with contempt of court because they criticized the dismissal of an extortion suit against a State Representative. Fitzpatrick received a ten-day sentence and a $100 fine
.[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_R._Fitzpatrick
