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The Press’ place is to massage public opinion. It is not their place to worry about the consequences of yelling Fire.
by avgcorrection 4y ago
The Press’ place is to massage public opinion. It is not their place to worry about the consequences of yelling Fire.
- flandish 4y agoExcept for when they are a purchased tool for a philosophy called “manufactured consent.” Remember all those articles about why we “should” go invade iraq? Or that report about a completely fabricated gulf of tonkin incident? The media has a duty to report facts, only after they know them to be facts. Well.. they used to have that duty. Now it’s just clickbait.
- avgcorrection 4y agoThat’s what I meant by massage public opinion.