http://youtu.be/2N8gJSMoOJc

Well this is novel…

As of this posting, this video has been seen 1.5 millions times. It is one of many being thrown into the ethers by the National Inflation Association (I first thought it was a Ron Paul video; then I thought it was a gold industry ploy.)

To call these videos alarmist is a massive understatement.  They could serve as pilots for Hollywood disaster  films.  But as far as getting issues out there — if in the most hyperbolic way imaginable — they are clever.

That said, this is the best argument I’ve yet seen for preserving an objective news media. God help us.