Media Cycles comes up in 4 chapters across 4 episodes of The Higherside Chats Free Show, from September 2013 to May 2021.
Cultural Manipulation, Media Distraction and Exclusion
Powerful cultural magic works through the exclusion of ideas that challenge the established worldview. Major media outlets like the BBC are described as using distraction and "heartwarming" tabloid stories to prevent the public from examining the inner structures of power or the failures of political candidates.
Media Propaganda, Ebola Outbreak Narrative, Public Uncertainty
The term "outbreak" is analyzed as a propaganda tool used by the media to trigger fear of contagion and transmission. Rappaport explains how the CDC and World Health Organization feed data to newspapers to create a serialized drama for the public. This narrative keeps people focused on individual cases, such as doctors in New York or nurses in Maine, rather than questioning the underlying science.
Lennon Honor, Media Manipulation and the Terror Trauma Cycle
Lennon Honor analyzes the "Global Motion Picture Stage Show," a theory regarding predictable media cycles that re-traumatize the public using terror propaganda. He identifies two major annual cycles: the weeks leading up to May 1st and the weeks leading up to September 11th. Honor cites the return of the show *24* and the release of *Captain America* as tools for psychological manipulation designed to keep the population in a state of fear and externalized power.
Psychological Warfare and the Manipulation of Human Perception
The discussion shifts to how psychological warfare is a more effective means of control than military might or brute force. Lennon Honor explains that by repeatedly re-traumatizing the subconscious mind, which does not distinguish between past and present, the media keeps the population in a perpetual state of 2001-era fear. This manipulation of the human psychological condition ensures that people remain reactive and easily governed.
