He’s being deliberately disingenuous. Here is an example: right now the Brown Shirt Media is 24/7 “Orange man bad” (collusion, obstruction) but hardly a mention of #FusionCollusion. Who gets to make that decision? The editors at The NY Times? Barr? Who? Why isn’t the Brown Shirt Media 24/7 Watergate 2.0? Because that would destroy the DNC! That’s why. But who gets to decide that?
We have had discussions about Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) on this site for 20 years. The repetition of daily talking points sponsored by activists like George Soros is regular proof. Hear the same sound bite three times and the masses are imprinted... NLP.
As to the effectiveness of brainwashing, gaslighting or mind control (eg MK Ultra), why not refer to Goebbel's favorite author? Ironically a jew who helped spearhead the USA WWI propaganda effort?
If we understand the mechanisms and motives of the group mind, it is now possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without their knowing it In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.
The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.
https://www.azquotes.com/author/1306-Edward_Bernays