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Yea it's a pretty classic debate technique - http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-propaganda.html#divert http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-propaganda.html#dive
by jakejake 13y ago
Yea it's a pretty classic debate technique - http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-propaganda.html#divert http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-propaganda.html#divert
It's also a great time for lawmakers to pass unrelated, controversial legislation while everyone's attention is elsewhere.
- eli 13y agoYou imply it's intentional. People (both "the media" as well as HN readers) are focusing on Snowden because it's much more exciting and interesting to read a real life spy thriller than discuss an NSA spying program that we all knew existed (at least in principle) for years.
- jakejake 13y agoI can't really argue with you, but I personally suspect it's a bit of both.