r/whatisscientology

99% of mainstream news is slanted, biased or sensationalized, and engineered to be distressing so that it pulls your attention (and earns ad revenue). I read news from some independent creators, but that's it.

I just watched a movie with Jake Gyllenhall called Nightcrawler (has anyone seen it?) It's really good. In the movie, he plays a videographer who drives all over LA trying to film the most grotesque, graphic accidents and crime scenes for the morning news. The news channel is all too happy to receive this horrible footage.

Nightcrawler was such a good encapsulation of this idea called the Merchants of Chaos https://www.scientologyhandbook.org/solutions/SH12_2.HTM

Basically there are people in society who benefit from sharing bad news, making the environment seem dangeous, creating controversy, etc.

- Tabloids benefit from twisting outrageous stories
- Gossip bloggers like Perez Hilton benefit from rubbernecking at celebrities and their lives
- Mainstream news media benefits from talking shit about politics constantly

There are so many more examples, but you get the idea. And the more ever-present our phones become in our lives, the more I want to just put the screen down and unplug from these media sources, because their only goal is to upset people and make money.

What about you? Do you watch/read the news?

For me it was probably as a songwriter / music producer I had a hard time finishing songs because I was so indecisive and hard on myself. I would work 200-400 hours on producing a song sometimes and then decide not to release it, so I was never able to succeed at my own music.

Then with certain Scientology and Dianetics auditing (sort of like therapy, but much more precise and the auditor doesn't ever tell you what to think, he only asks specific questions) I completely got rid this problem and now I release a song every 2-3 weeks and get around 10 million streams a month and make my living at putting out my own music.