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by a2decrow
3312 days ago
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I think you're wildly overestimating the intelligence and awareness of the general population. The media is and has been doing this for decades. If they do it in a totally obvious and outright manner, then yeah, everyone's going to notice, but if they do it in a more subtle way and push their agenda over a longer timeframe, most people won't notice that, or they'll only notice it when it's too late.
It's not about brainwashing everyone. All you need is a critical mass and once you're there, you've basically won. Most people lack critical thinking abilities and they're rather contend with having other people think for them. You don't notice this here on HN because the readers and commenters here are far smarter than the average person is. |
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https://www.ft.com/content/fa332f58-d9bf-11e6-944b-e7eb37a6a...
With the figures getting as bad as 24% trust in the UK:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/16/britons-tru...
And it apparently goes as low as 5% among Republicans:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-trust_us_58...
Does that mean the average person has good critical thinking skills? No, not really. A lot of people's distrust comes as much down to feeling like their views/tribe are under personal attack rather than an actual analysis of how the media covers them.
But if they distrust mainstream media sources about stuff like Trump and his policies, then the likelyhood they'll trust them about how others in their own situation are 'crazy' could be even lower.
I mean, they're already used to seeing themselves painted as 'deplorables' here.
It's also likely people outside the larger outlets will write and heavily promote articles that counter any 'narrative' they detect in more mainstream sources.