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Western News Media Exist To Administer Propaganda
JOHNSTONE
English - May 20, 2023 03:42 - 10 minutes - 9.85 MB - ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The single most overlooked and under-appreciated aspect of our society is the way domestic propaganda is used to shape the way mainstream westerners perceive and think about their world.
Typically the only time you'll ever hear the word "propaganda" mentioned in mainstream discourse is in reference to things other countries do to their own citizenry or as part of foreign influence operations, despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of the times we've encountered propaganda in our day to day lives, the call was coming from inside the house.
The western media have been exposing their role as propagandists for the US-centralized empire a bit more than usual lately. Here are a few recent examples.
Reading by Tim Foley.