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eppur_se_muova

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Fri Jun 10, 2022, 10:04 PM Jun 2022

AGITPROP -- Agitation Propanganda -- is what FOX "News" does.

Agitprop (/ˈædʒɪtprɒp/;[1][2][3] from Russian: агитпроп, tr. Agitpróp, portmanteau of agitatsiya, "agitation" and propaganda, "propaganda" )[4] refers to an intentional, vigorous promulgation of ideas. The term originated in Soviet Russia where it referred to popular media, such as literature, plays, pamphlets, films, and other art forms, with an explicitly political message in favor of communism.[5]

The term originated in Soviet Russia as a shortened name for the Department for Agitation and Propaganda (отдел агитации и пропаганды, otdel agitatsii i propagandy), which was part of the central and regional committees of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.[6] Within the party apparatus, both agitation (work among people who were not Communists) and propaganda (political work among party members) were the responsibility of the agitpropotdel, or APPO. Its head was a member of the MK secretariat, although they ranked second to the head of the orgraspredotdel.[7] Typically Russian agitprop explained the ideology and policies of the Communist Party and attempted to persuade the general public to support and join the party and share its ideals. ...

It gave rise to agitprop theatre, a highly politicized theatre that originated in 1920s Europe and spread to the United States; the plays of Bertolt Brecht are a notable example.[11] Russian agitprop theater was noted for its cardboard characters of perfect virtue and complete evil, and its coarse ridicule.[12] Gradually, the term agitprop came to describe any kind of highly politicized art.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agitprop


One of the guests on Deadline: White House referred to FOX as "FOX Prop". I've long regarded it as deliberately modeled after Communist (Russian and Chinese) agitprop.
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AGITPROP -- Agitation Propanganda -- is what FOX "News" does. (Original Post) eppur_se_muova Jun 2022 OP
It is. 2naSalit Jun 2022 #1
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