Beware of Media AKA Mediums Media
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Beware of Media AKA Mediums ● media (n.) Etymology "newspapers, radio, TV, etc." 1927, perhaps abstracted from mass-media (1923, a technical term in advertising); plural of medium (n.) as "intermediate agency," a sense attested in English from c. 1600. ● medium (n.) Etymology The sense of "person who contacts the dead". 1580s, "a middle ground, quality, or degree; that which holds a middle place or position," from Latin medium "the middle, midst, center; interval," noun use of neuter of adjective medius "in the middle, between; from the middle" (from PIE root *medhyo- "middle"). Many of the secondary senses are via the notion of "intervening substance through which a force or quality is conveyed" (1590s) and "intermediate agency, channel of communication" (c. 1600). From the former, via application to air, etc., comes the sense of "one's environment or conditions" (1865). From the latter comes the sense of "a print publication" (1795) which later grew into the meaning in media. In spiritualism, "person who conveys spiritual messages," by 1853. In painting, in reference to oil, watercolor, etc., by 1854. The notion is "liquid with which pigments are ground or mixed to give them desired fluidity." Happy medium is the "golden mean," Horace's aurea mediocritas. ● news (v.) Etymology "to tell as news, report, rumor," 1640s, from news (n.). Related: Newsed; newsing. ● Media comes from the root word medium which deals with witchery. It is the mechanism used to convey information meant to influence the receivers actions, behaviors, and or thoughts. Movies are a form of media. Horror movies are specifically meant to put one in a state of fear. News Media therefore is the mechanism by which reports/rumors are conveyed in order to influence one’s behavior, actions, and or thoughts. Mass Media is when this is done on a national or mutli-national level. 1. Philippians 4:8 (Ask yourself: Does my media fall in line with this?) 2. 2 Timothy 1:7 (Most news media fear mongers. What does your local news focus on? Crime. In 2019 Memphis had 191 murders. Memphis has a population of about 650,000. That means the average Memphian has a 0.03% chance of getting murdered. If you let local news tell it though your taking your life in your own hands every time you hit the mean streets of Memphis.) 3. Romans 8:15 (Fear is meant to enslave. And Christ came to set us free from bondage) 4. Hebrews 2:14-18 5. 1 John 4:18 6. Psalms 119:80 (God wants us to have a sound mind. Sound mind means grounded in his commandments. Grounded means not easily swayed.) 7. James 1:5-8 8. Luke 22:23-26 (Governments rule over Gentile nations and benefactors rule over their governments. This is why news media in the western world can be both critical and non-critical of the government. The New Media works on behalf of the benefactors not the government.) A. CNN (Cable News Network) is an American news-based pay television channel owned by CNN Worldwide, a unit of the WarnerMedia News & Sports division of AT&T's WarnerMedia. AT&T Mobile/Internet/Direct TV ○ WarnerMedia News & Sports: The division is responsible for news channels CNN, CNN International, CNN en Español, CNN Airport Network, and HLN, as well as the WarnerMedia sports networks, Turner Sports, Bleacher Report, AT&T SportsNet, MLB Network, and the operations of NBA TV. News & Sports is headed by chairman and CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker (Edomite/Ashkenazi) ○ Warner Media, LLC is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate owned by AT&T and headquartered in New York City. It was originally formed in 1990 as Time Warner, from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications. The company has film, television and cable operations, with its assets including WarnerMedia Entertainment (consisting of the entertainment assets of Turner, HBO, Otter Media, and Cinemax, as well as HBO Max streaming service), WarnerMedia News & Sports (consisting of the news and sports assets of Turner, as well as AT&T SportsNet), and Warner Bros. (consisting of the film, animation, and television studios, DC Comics, New Line Cinema, the family-friendly assets of Turner, and with ViacomCBS, a 50% interest in The CW television network). B. Fox News (officially Fox News Channel and abbreviated FNC) is an American conservative. cable television news channel. It is owned by the Fox News Group, which itself is owned by Fox Corporation. ○ Fox Corporation is owned by Disney. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_The_Walt_Disney _Company C. MSNBC is an American cable television channel that provides NBC News coverage as well as its own reporting and political commentary on current events. MSNBC is owned by the NBCUniversal News Group, a unit of the NBCUniversal Broadcast, Cable, Sports and News division of NBCUniversal (all of which are ultimately owned by Comcast) ○ Comcast owns and operates the Xfinity residential cable communications subsidiary, Comcast Business, a commercial services provider, Xfinity Mobile, an MVNO of Verizon, over-the-air national broadcast network channels (NBC, Telemundo, TeleXitos and Cozi TV), multiple cable-only channels (including MSNBC, CNBC, USA Network, Syfy, NBCSN, and E!, among others), the film studio Universal Pictures, and Universal Parks & Resorts. It also has significant holdings in digital distribution, such as thePlatform, which it acquired in 2006. Since October 2018, it is also the parent company of mass media pan-European company Sky Group, making it the biggest and leading media company with more than 53 million subscribers over five countries across Europe D. Ashkenazi/Edomite influence in new media startups see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_American_businesspeople#New_me dia 9. Leviticus 19:31 (Remember Media and Mediums are synonyms. Not all sources of News are good ones. You must vet the sources) 10. Isaiah 8:19 11. 1 john 4:1-5 (We must be spiritually discerning) 12. Exodus 23:1_7 (Fake news/misinformation. As Believers of Christ we should be critical thinkers and not given wholly over to one ideology. Just like with Roman Sunday Christianity many are also drunk on gentile political ideologies. Only watching/listening to news sources that cater to their already preconceived ideas.For example Right-wing Neo-cons with Fox News and Left-wing nutjobs with Msnbc. And just like with Roman Sunday Christianity these media outlets love making a lie and their audiences love the lies.) 13. Revelation 21:8 14. Revelation 22:14-16 15. Joshua 9 (Dangers of heeding fake news/misinformation) 16. Joshua 10 17. Numbers 13 18. Numbers 14 19. 2 Samuel 21:1-14 20. 2 Chronicles 18 21. Proverbs 4:23 (There are many forms of media. Music, movies, literature, etc… As believers we are to guard our minds) 22. Mark 7:20-23 23. Romans 12:2 24. 1 Peter 1:13 .