Blog 3848 – 06.05.2026

“And Now A Word From Our Sponsor”

Today’s title is a by-gone phrase from yesteryear when all radio and TV broadcasts were paid for by sponsors. At least you knew who was behind the messaging. With many getting their news and entertainment on Social Media today just who is sponsoring the messaging is not so clear.

Foreign interference in our elections has been charged and proven yet what has been done to prevent or at least call attention to just who is behind the messaging today? In two words, “Not much.

It is hard to follow the old admonition, “Consider the source?” when so much money is spend to hide these truths from the public. The concept of “truth in advertising” seems as foreign today as “truth in politics.” I am reminded of an old joke, “We have the best government that money can buy.” There is thanks to the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United so much dark money in politics it is hard to figure out who exactly is pulling the strings. The secret puppet masters sponsor state sponsored terrorism around the world.

At the turn of the last century there was a great public outcry for antitrust legislation in reaction to the great wealth inequality of the so called Guided Age. Perhaps we could begin by requiring everyone in government, business, and information technology to announce publicly who their sponsors are and just how much they are paid for services rendered.

Your friend and fellow traveler,

David James White