[Jagermonster]

Know when you are being manipulated by the media!

I've posted this list to help sharpen the analytical skills of Freepers. When you know what techniques are being used on you, you are better equipped to resist them, if necessary.

What propaganda techniques have you seen used in the articles posted here today?



(I know...I'm a nerd.)

[aquila48]

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[Jagermonster]

I thought to post this when I read this article - The family that could save Europe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3754398/posts, which seems to be a love letter to the Habsburgs.

I saw examples of at least Bandwagon, Beautiful People, Cult of Personality, Flag Waving, Join the Crowd, and Selective Truth.

Also an interesting article.

[sparklite2]

Adjectives are culprits.

Read a few paragraphs of some pundit’s column, or anything else, for that matter.

Now read those same few paragraphs again, only this time skip all the adjectives. Is the meaning or tone of the reading any different the second time? The degree of difference is the degree to which the author is manipulating you.

[Dad was my hero]

Numbers 1 through 8 have been used constantly with global warming, and an add in with others scattered throughout. Obviously someone’s propagandizing.

[CrazyIvan]

Great article, but how did they omit “Begging the Question”?

[Responsibility2nd]

50 Types of Propaganda

1. CNN
2. New York Times
3. Washington Post
4. MSNBC
5. etc. etc. etc.

[FreeReign]

Good list, thanks.

[Kommodor]

“(I know...I’m a nerd.)”

But do you have a nize hat?

Ottervise, it vas a bad plan.

[jmacusa]

And don’t forget out right physical violence. The Left is always ready to do that.

[davius]

It’s ironic that Obama employed #8 virtually every time he spoke. I had named it False Dichotomy.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I’ve been watching some TV shows from the early 1960s. THRILLER, THE OUTER LIMITS, and such. No anti-American politics, no propaganda. Just good entertainment.

The propaganda and influence of such shows on the public really began just after Bobby Kennedy was murdered in 1968.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

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[William Tell]

I had a tenth grade teacher who taught us about propaganda. I think I read Vance Packards "The Hidden Persuaders" back then.

His book was an explanation of how Madison Avenue used various techniques to get people to buy things. Great book and a great teacher.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Do they teach this in journalism school? If not, then what do they teach?

[1Old Pro]

35. Quotes out of context: selective use of quotations to alter the speaker’s or writer’s intended meaning or statement of opinion

Number 35 was used to slander and lie about the Markle comment Trump made.

[NorthMountain]

For an exercise in intellectual honesty …

Examine the advertising or common argumentation in favor of your favorite product, ideology, politician, etc. for examples of the dishonest techniques presented here.

Is it "OK" to use dishonest "propaganda" techniques to support something of which you approve?

[Vermont Lt]

Most everything written today is a form of propaganda, including 90% of the conservative crap posted as well.

And the masses are eating it up.

This has been going on for centuries.

[YogicCowboy]

Although implicit in others listed, I do not specifically see a common one: conflating one thing with another.

[GOPJ]

Hysterical ‘Global Warming’ folks use every last one on the list...