BookShaka
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So teach a course on propaganda and see what you get. How many declarations made by politicians turn out to be false and/or not backed up by any reliable information? If someone says something, it's out there for the public. If someone in the media does the research and finds out that it isn't true, the politician is disseminating propaganda.
Some politicians put forth that when 5 people do something, it is 500 hundred or 5,000. Some politicians put forth that medical or scientific studies show something that no medical or scientific studies from respected medical research professionals actually show.
Yes, politicians are notorious at doling out misleading information but journalists have and use tactics to mislead as well. It seems this course has been designed to pretend the only propaganda comes from Trump and that’s simply not true. I’m not against studying tactics used by Trump but he’s far from the only distributor of propaganda.
What tactics used by journalists are misleading?
trump has been running a disinformation/propaganda campaign since Day One. Why not talk about it? I'm not against studying similar efforts by anti-trumps, but I'm not seeing any indication that it exists on any level. It's an accusation, but an accusation made by people who do not actually have any credibility.
You’re sooooooooooo naive it’s not even funny as is the one who marked this post “Winner.” Many journalists can tailor a story to their liking. That’s why nowadays just about anything you get from the news promotes a certain worldview even if it’s not outwardly obvious. Reporters can make things seem a certain way by leaving out relevant information that gets in the way of the narrative they’re trying to report. They can word questions to interviewees a certain way in hopes of getting a certain answer, which they’ve done to Trump many times.
Remember when Chris Matthews asked Trump “if abortion was illegal should women who get them be punished?” That was a gotcha question bc he knew Trump would say yes and you know how the news reported that? “Trump says women who get abortions should be punished!” WITHOUT mentioning the fact Matthews asked if it was illegal should they be punished. Now millions of people think Trump said something he didn’t fucking say.
Your ignorance angers me. Google “misleading tactics journalists” if the above example doesn’t register.