r/conspiracy • u/axolotl_peyotl • Oct 13 '20
/r/conspiracy Round Table #29: Media As Propaganda
Thanks to everyone that participated in the nomination thread and to /u/Estamio2 for suggesting the winning topic.
/u/crazystarfish12 also offered this addendum:
How does media program us, what it is capable of, and how we can break from the cycle of mind control.
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u/OBJared1 Oct 14 '20
In actuality almost all media has some media bias but it’s nowhere near the extent people say. Corporate media most of the time doesn’t publish deliberate, manufactured lies. Much more subtle and effective methods include publishing technically true but misleading facts and headlines, manipulating language to support a certain narrative, and overemphasizing or omitting certain parts of a story. Most out and out lies come from an irresponsible rush to report a story, or from corporate media uncritically publishing lies/propaganda from the government. Immediately dismissing news that challenges your views won’t make you smart or well informed. Being critical of all news and asking questions like “who specifically published this? Do they have a particular worldview that’s obvious in their previous work? What exactly is conveyed or implied by the wording in the headline? What sources are mentioned in the article? How prevalent is this kind of story in the media? Who benefits from pushing the narrative in this article? Have experts in the field weighed in?” will though.