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A public which spends a lot of time being "informed" but is only informed on a cursory, distracted, and superficial level is a public which is easier to control
by olliesaunders 16y ago
A public which spends a lot of time being "informed" but is only informed on a cursory, distracted, and superficial level is a public which is easier to control. (Even easier to control than an uninformed public.)
What makes that true?
- stcredzero 16y agoSuch a public is particularly receptive to spin. Such a public is also ill suited to examination and oversight of it's own institutions. Such people can think they've performed such oversight, even though they've been fooled. As such, they are more easily innoculated against the truth with disinformation and propaganda. A public which is not informed resents the withholding of information. They will seek the truth if they can and resent those who withhold the information.