"They Own The Media": Van Morrison Lyrics 'Anti-Semitic', Anti-Facebook

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Van Morrison's 'They Own the Media' faced with antisemitism claims

May 9th, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Zg023J-ok

Since Van Morrison doesn't name the Jew, how did they already know who he was referring to?

Singer-songwriter Van Morrison received backlash for his newly released song "They Own the Media," and although it does not specifically name Jews, many are calling him out for using an antisemitic trope... The song is one of 28 Morrison released on May 7, in his new album "Latest Record Project," which includes songs such as "Why Are You On Facebook," "The Long Con," and "Stop Bitching. Do Something."Two-time Grammy Award winner and creator of the iconic song "Brown Eyed Girl," Morrison had already stirred headlines in the last year for spreading a negative rhetoric towards coronavirus safety protocols. This is not the first time Morrison has been accused of hiding antisemitism within his lyrics. In 2005, Morrison came under fire for his song "They Sold Me Out," ... Alexis Petridis, who writes for The Guardian, noted that his song Western Man has some "troubling alt-right-y stuff about how the west's 'rewards' have been 'stolen by foreigners unknown' and we should be 'prepared to fight,'" and added that he believes there is some conspiracy by "shadowy forces" to silence his efforts to promote his opinions...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPn2zH_8OmY

"It's MI5 this and mind-control that, secret 'meetings in the forest,' mainstream media lies and Kool Aid being drunk by the gallon," Petridis wrote in her review."Clearly the shadowy forces of the establishment need to up their game a bit," she quipped.While the professional reviewers each noted the presence of the pro-QAnon, anti-lockdown, anti-establishment theories through his lyrics, many on social media merely had to read the song list.Tom Breihan, who writes for Stereogum, ultimately described the song as having "a title that sure seems to be an antisemitic trope." "Maybe it's satire. Maybe the 'they' of the title doesn't refer to any specific group of people," ...

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Besides his "Brown-Eyed Girl" a favorite...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u92E-e0t5HY