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The Gaslighting of the American People
Townhall.com ^ | April 15, 2021 | Jackie Gingrich Cushman

Posted on 04/15/2021 1:57:47 PM PDT by Kaslin

This week, Project Veritas released a video of Charlie Chester, a CNN technical director, talking to a woman who recorded him during what he thought were "dates"; she had purposely targeted him and videoed him surreptitiously. While you might not agree with her tactics, her videos reveal that CNN was involved in what proved to be a successful media campaign to control the political process.

"Look what we did, we got Trump out. I am 100% going to say it, and I 100% believe that, if it wasn't for CNN, I don't know that Trump would have got voted out," Chester said. "Our focus was to get Trump out of office, right? Without saying it, that's what it was."

Part of the process within CNN, according to the tapes, was to highlight anything negative against then-President Donald Trump. If Trump's "hand was shaking or whatever, I think. We brought in so many medical people to all tell a story that was all speculation -- that he was neurologically damaged, and he was losing it," said Chester. "We were creating a story there that we didn't know anything about. That's what -- I think, that's propaganda."

The opposite tactic was taken with Biden, according to Chester. "We would always show shots of him jogging and that 'I'm healthy,' you know... and him in his aviator shades," he said. "Like you paint him as a young geriatric." Looking at the coverage during the campaign, it was clear that Trump was treated poorly while Biden and his team were covered in glowing terms. The same is true in many other media outlets in different political environments.

For over a year, we have been told that the number of COVID-19 deaths is astronomical; this information has led to policy decisions including lockdowns, vaccines and social isolation. This week, the National News in the United Kingdom published a story written by Brodie Owen that said, "One in four 'Covid-19 deaths' in UK not caused by the disease." The story revealed that COVID-19 deaths in the United Kingdom have been grossly over-reported.

"The latest Office for National Statistics data shows that 23 per cent of coronavirus deaths registered in the UK were among those who died with the virus rather than from the illness," Owen wrote, "meaning Covid-19 was not the primary cause of death." This should be a front-page story everywhere, with the follow-up question of: How much are the numbers overinflated in other countries?

But we all know that fear sells news and empowers other people to control our actions by making us afraid and unsure -- even when the facts might not justify those feelings.

There is always a quest by media to cover something fearful. "I think there's a COVID fatigue," said Chester. Referring to CNN, he said that "So, like whenever a new story comes up, they're going to latch onto it. They've already announced in our office that once the public is -- will be open to it -- we're going to start focusing mainly on climate... Climate change can take years, so they'll probably be able to milk that quite a bit."

According to Psychology Today, "Gaslighting is an insidious form of manipulation and psychological control. Victims of gaslighting are deliberately and systematically fed false information that leads them to question what they know to be true, often about themselves. They may end up doubting their memory, their perception, and even their sanity. Over time, a gaslighter's manipulations can grow more complex and potent, making it increasingly difficult for the victim to see the truth."

If this definition makes you think that the American people are being gaslit, you might be right. The next campaign? Climate change.

This Monday, Scientific American published "We Are Living in a Climate Emergency, and We're Going to Say So," by senior editor Mark Fischetti. "Why 'emergency'? Because words matter," Fischetti wrote. "To preserve a livable planet, humanity must take action immediately. Failure to slash the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will make the extraordinary heat, storms, wildfires and ice melt of 2020 routine. ...The media's response to COVID-19 provides a useful model," he added. "Guided by science, journalists have described the pandemic as an emergency, chronicled its devastating impacts, called out disinformation and told audiences how to protect themselves (with masks and social distancing, for example)."

We know now that, at least in the UK (and probably everywhere), the COVID-19 death numbers were vastly over-reported. What the media does is focus on churning out stories that create fear and controversy, which feels an awful lot like the gaslighting of the American people in order to control the political process.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: charliechester; cnn; covid19; covidlockdown; donaldtrump; gaslighting; hysteria; jamesokeefe; jamesokeefeiii; joebiden; media; msm; okeefe; projectveritas; propaganda
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1 posted on 04/15/2021 1:57:47 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Propagandists.


2 posted on 04/15/2021 2:02:19 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Whenever you are stuffing Fulton County ballot boxes, election fraud goes better with Coca Cola!)
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To: Kaslin

I think the use of “anonymous sources” should be illegal.
Publish verified facts, with people willing to stand behind those facts.

Publications that release information (even in good faith) which is later found to be untrue should be liable for judgments in the tens of millions of dollars.

Publish the truth. Why is that so hard?


3 posted on 04/15/2021 2:02:54 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
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To: Kaslin

“One in four ‘Covid-19 deaths’ in UK not caused by the disease.” The story revealed that COVID-19 deaths in the United Kingdom have been grossly over-reported.

It’s probably a lot worse than that. This thing is one of the most successful hoaxes in history. It got civilization to shut down, made millions of people clamor to stick experimental vaccines on their arms, and got a senile old crook “elected” President.


4 posted on 04/15/2021 2:05:23 PM PDT by cdcdawg (WTF is "Jim Eagle?")
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To: The_Media_never_lie

They always have been.


5 posted on 04/15/2021 2:11:30 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: Kaslin

He can’t be that much in the know if he thinks that Trump was voted out.


6 posted on 04/15/2021 2:15:00 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: ClearCase_guy
I think the use of “anonymous sources” should be illegal.
 The argument has always been that if you do that people won't come forward with any information that could get them in trouble. I do agree that something needs to be put in place where all sources should be registered with an unbiased third party and penalties should be there if the source turns out not to be telling the truth. How you could pull that off I don't have a clue. 
 Like it or not, the current state of "journalism" has proven they can't be trusted to do the job correctly or honestly so some changes are going to need to be made.

7 posted on 04/15/2021 2:16:25 PM PDT by Condor 63
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To: Condor 63

Current situation: journalists make stuff up and publish any damn thing they want. They push a Narrative that has nothing to do with reality, and the population believes all the lies.

If anonymous sources were illegal, I suppose people won’t come forward with any information that could get them in trouble. And then journalists would have less to publish, and the population would be uninformed.

That’s a Win.


8 posted on 04/15/2021 2:23:13 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
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To: Kaslin

To summarize: The media complex is made up of activists! They have an agenda. The agenda is to promote their doctrines of beliefs. They believe that we the people are the enemy and we deserve to be punished and ostracized from society. They are the DNC. They are exposed as instruments of an activist force to destroy the Republic by all means necessary. They willingly follow the lead of their overlords.


9 posted on 04/15/2021 2:23:49 PM PDT by missnry (The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals crazy!)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty
He can’t be that much in the know if he thinks that Trump was voted out.
You'd be amazed at the lengths people go to in order to preserve their world views.
10 posted on 04/15/2021 2:27:32 PM PDT by Bratch (The only way men or women can be judged is against the canvas of their own time. - Louis L'Amour)
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To: Kaslin

Someone needs to sue and create a new tort called “journalism fraud.”

What is going on is way beyond New York Times v. Sullivan. There shouldn’t be any legal protection for phony media who can be demonstrate to have faked coverage and reporting.


11 posted on 04/15/2021 2:29:10 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Bratch

No, not really. You can see it at work on Free Republic. It is also known as coping skills.


12 posted on 04/15/2021 2:30:55 PM PDT by sport
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To: ClearCase_guy
That’s a Win.
 Not necessarily. That goes both ways.

13 posted on 04/15/2021 2:31:42 PM PDT by Condor 63
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To: The_Media_never_lie
talking to a woman who recorded him during what he thought were "dates"

 face with tears of joy face with tears of joy face with tears of joy face with tears of joy face with tears of joy face with tears of joy

Can you imagine what he was thinking as he drove away from the breakfast date-turned-O'Keefe confrontation?

One minute, he's a stud with a hot babe, next minute, he knows he's out of the babe AND a job...

14 posted on 04/15/2021 2:38:06 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: kiryandil
talking to a woman who recorded him during what he thought were "dates"

face with tears of joy face with tears of joy face with tears of joy face with tears of joy face with tears of joy face with tears of joy

Can you imagine what he was thinking as he drove away from the breakfast date-turned-O'Keefe confrontation?

One minute, he's a stud with a hot babe, next minute, he knows he's out of the babe AND a job...


Couldn't had scripted this myself to be any better.
15 posted on 04/15/2021 2:50:27 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Whenever you are stuffing Fulton County ballot boxes, election fraud goes better with Coca Cola!)
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To: Kaslin

Bump!


16 posted on 04/15/2021 2:51:55 PM PDT by upchuck (Corporations don’t pay taxes. They collect them. From us. ~ h/t Little Ray)
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To: Kaslin

James O’Keefe & Project Veritas - 2021 Pulitzer winners.

Yeah, shoot me for being honest.


17 posted on 04/15/2021 2:53:40 PM PDT by romanesq (TRUSTY THE PLAN! ChiCom Joe is the Plan? Que magnificent! 👹)
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To: kiryandil
CNN technical director, talking to a woman who recorded him during what he thought were "dates"; she had purposely targeted him and videoed him surreptitiously.

I love it when our side uses their old commi techniques against them.

Classic honey trap, go boys go, I want to see more.

18 posted on 04/15/2021 2:53:59 PM PDT by usurper ( version )
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To: Kaslin

Yank their license!


19 posted on 04/15/2021 3:00:50 PM PDT by Don Corleone (leave the gun, take the canolis)
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To: Kaslin

While you might not agree with her tactics, her videos reveal .........

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

The freak left would not hesitate to use’ “her tactics”.


20 posted on 04/15/2021 3:48:45 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (The China virus doesn't scare me, Venezuelaism does.)
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