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Cato clearly has an ideological bent, but it's not propaganda. They don't just make shit up, they're not Fox News or something

• dragonwriter 4y ago
  > Cato clearly has an ideological bent, but it's not propaganda It is literally propaganda. > They don't just make shit up They do, but that’s not required to be propaganda. Distortion by cherrt picking is a popular propaganda technique, for instance. > they're not Fox News or something No, they aren’t the popular propagands media, true. They are aimed at a different core audience.
  • sn0w_crash 4y ago
    Nothing in this comment has explained why we should ignore the Cato institute or the findings in its article. “It’s ideologically misaligned with me, therefore it is propaganda” is really difficult for many of us to follow.
  • ss108 4y ago
    This comment is hardly more sophisticated than the comments of Trump supporters about CNN and other "mAinSTReam MedIa" outlets (at least you allege they cherry pick data).