Propaganda--How Politics and the Media Control You
Yesterday I posted some thoughts on voter legislation that is trying to be pushed through Congress. This morning CNN was pontificating about the evils of GOP voter laws that were passed after the 2020 election. Which sounds better to you? Protections or restrictions. If you're like most people, you want protections and you want restrictions imposed on those who threaten you in any way. The liberal media describes any voter legislation that they don't like as "voter restrictions". And the same media describes voter legislation that they do like as "voter protections." It's all about how to market it, to make it more or less appealing to the population. In the simplest sense it's propaganda. Most people don't realize it but politicians and the media (mostly liberal media, but it also happens on the right side of the political spectrum) are very careful in their word choices. Marketing and advertising does the same thing. It's all about manipu...