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elleng

(130,974 posts)
Wed Nov 1, 2017, 02:34 PM Nov 2017

"A giant fog machine": how right-wing media obscures Mueller and other inconvenient stories

A former right-wing radio host explains how conservative media became a “safe space.”

*'The essence of propaganda is not necessarily to convince you of a certain set of facts. It is to overwhelm your critical sensibilities. It's to make you doubt the existence of a knowable truth. The conservative media is a giant fog machine designed to confuse and disorient people.
Which, from Trump's point of view, is a win."'>>>

https://www.vox.com/2017/10/31/16579820/mueller-clinton-russia-uranium-manafort-charlie-sykes

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"A giant fog machine": how right-wing media obscures Mueller and other inconvenient stories (Original Post) elleng Nov 2017 OP
whataboutism on steroids underpants Nov 2017 #1
They're almost out of dry ice... Blue Owl Nov 2017 #2

underpants

(182,829 posts)
1. whataboutism on steroids
Wed Nov 1, 2017, 02:43 PM
Nov 2017

The Frum quote is one of the most important statements of the last 10-15 years. He lost his job at AEI because of it too.

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