Lol. The media sets the initial narrative by deploying as many lies as it can get away with. At the start of any story, that capacity is *immense*
It is always, w/o exception, gradually forced to retract some of its lies. But the initial narrative is still set in the public mind
It is always, w/o exception, gradually forced to retract some of its lies. But the initial narrative is still set in the public mind
https://twitter.com/RichardHanania/status/1460380932284633092
It was so obvious the media was lying about 1/6 that it was possible to know that Officer Sicknick wasn't actually killed by right-wing lunatics in the very moment the media was reporting it
It took *weeks* before they began to walk back the lie
It took *weeks* before they began to walk back the lie
https://twitter.com/17cShyteposter/status/1347335864360177669
Or the "Russian collusion" hoax, which a plurality of the public almost certainly still believes is true despite being a mega-Watergate political-media scandal that should have resulted in mass arrests and [unintelligible fedposting]
Understanding how the propaganda machine of the regime operates is, without exaggeration, *the* most important skill you can have at this point
That understanding is what allows you to maneuver within the regime and also live a much, much better life than it wants for you
That understanding is what allows you to maneuver within the regime and also live a much, much better life than it wants for you
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