Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)

4. I think I disagree.

Reply to stevenleser (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 8, 2018, 10:11 PM

Apr 2018

Exposing conservative propaganda can be effective.

As Asha Rangappa said in discussion about Russian propaganda, the FARA law is effective not because it blocks propaganda, but because it sheds light on propaganda. And shining light on propaganda weakens it. Once people know that a news source has an agenda, that propaganda is less effective.

So if we work hard to expose Fox's agenda and lies, we can make great headway on conservative propaganda. Weakening Fox is good. And then we can turn on exposing OANN and Newsmax.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

4 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Most News organizations have as their main goals making money. Fox News has the added [View all] applegrove Apr 2018 OP

Rupert Murdoch is the financier and enabler. democratisphere Apr 2018 #1

His sons seem to both see things pretty differently when it comes to FNC and FBN. stevenleser Apr 2018 #2

I think I disagree. sharedvalues Apr 2018 #4

Yes. And if you need proof, it's in this econ paper sharedvalues Apr 2018 #3