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Not quite propaganda–in theory they look for *true* stories that fit the “narrative,” tho that stricture seems to… twitter.com/i/web/status/7…
Mickey Kaus
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Not quite propaganda–in theory they look for *true* stories that fit the “narrative,” tho that stricture seems to… twitter.com/i/web/status/7…
RT @kausmickey: Not quite propaganda–in theory they look for *true* stories that fit the “narrative,” tho that stricture seems to have bee…
@kausmickey I’d like to see someone do a run down of the times the media used anonymous insider Trump sources that were 110% wrong
@kausmickey recall the Trump immigration speech in which according to an anonymous inside source he was going to do a 180
@kausmickey seems that came from a David Corn piece originally
@kausmickey @JohnRiversToo Goebbels also looked 4true stories tht fit narrative, found vilest Jews & where Wehrmacht was still winning in’45
@kausmickey Selective use of facts to support a chosen storyline: news reporting or screenplay writing?
@kausmickey quite definitely propaganda.
@kausmickey @michaelbd Fine prescription for self-deception
@kausmickey @michaelbd One only has to read and watch the mainstream media to know this is not isolated to the NYT
@kausmickey @michaelbd not pure propaganda but confirmation bias with propagandist intent. Distinction without much difference.
@kausmickey @michaelbd NO! Fitting stories, even if true, to fit a predetermined narrative from on high is ABSOLUTELY Propaganda!!!
.@kausmickey @tan123
Problem is, when you have a “narrative” to follow, questionable things can suddenly become “true”.
.@kausmickey @tan123
And in fact that seems to have been the case for at least 2 years now… probably going way back.
@kausmickey @eachus @michaelbd
The New York Times is to journalism what Goebbels was to being a novelist.