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I'm not seeing how your example is actual propaganda when it is more easily attributed to human error. If CNN were pushing this as a propaganda piece, they neve

I'm not seeing how your example is actual propaganda when it is more easily attributed to human error. If CNN were pushing this as a propaganda piece, they never would have issued a follow up statement correcting themselves.

AlexB138 10y ago
They issued a statement after they were very publicly called out on it.
- mtberatwork 10y ago
  That still does not prove propaganda was deliberately being pushed by CNN. We should not be so quick to dismiss Hanlon's razor.
seertaak 10y ago
Well, ok. However it seems to me that those leaning right don't give CNN and the like the benefit of the doubt, and equally those leaning left don't give the likes of Breitbart the benefit of the doubt -- which brings us back to the parent posters position :)
- paulmd 10y ago
  Breitbart is a tabloid that pretends to respectability, much like the British tabloid The Daily Mail. They use that respectability to push their (explicit, strong) slant. If you're comparing CNN and Breitbart then their camouflage is sucessful. Benefit of the doubt needs to be earned. I mean, hopefully you are not taking supermarket-checkout tabloids at face value, right? CNN may be terrible journalism that's full of softballs and "clickbait" but at the end of the day the things they report are true and when they're not they retract them. Can't say the same about Breitbart in the least.
  - aaron-lebo 10y ago
    CNN has been doing a lot of selective editing this cycle. They also tend to focus on things that support their narrative. You can focus on things that are completely true and effectively "lie" about those truths because of the way you are presenting it. Softballs and clickbait aren't any more true than lies.
jsmith0295 10y ago
There is no way to clip that video where they did on accident and then spin the story the way they did. They didn't issue that apology until they were caught, which is the exact same thing a politician would do.

AlexB138 10y ago

They issued a statement after they were very publicly called out on it.

mtberatwork 10y ago
That still does not prove propaganda was deliberately being pushed by CNN. We should not be so quick to dismiss Hanlon's razor.

seertaak 10y ago

Well, ok. However it seems to me that those leaning right don't give CNN and the like the benefit of the doubt, and equally those leaning left don't give the likes of Breitbart the benefit of the doubt -- which brings us back to the parent posters position :)

paulmd 10y ago
Breitbart is a tabloid that pretends to respectability, much like the British tabloid The Daily Mail. They use that respectability to push their (explicit, strong) slant. If you're comparing CNN and Breitbart then their camouflage is sucessful. Benefit of the doubt needs to be earned. I mean, hopefully you are not taking supermarket-checkout tabloids at face value, right? CNN may be terrible journalism that's full of softballs and "clickbait" but at the end of the day the things they report are true and when they're not they retract them. Can't say the same about Breitbart in the least.
- aaron-lebo 10y ago
  CNN has been doing a lot of selective editing this cycle. They also tend to focus on things that support their narrative. You can focus on things that are completely true and effectively "lie" about those truths because of the way you are presenting it. Softballs and clickbait aren't any more true than lies.

jsmith0295 10y ago

There is no way to clip that video where they did on accident and then spin the story the way they did. They didn't issue that apology until they were caught, which is the exact same thing a politician would do.