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This article, coupled with the phenomenea of "leaking," is instructive to anyone who has paid attention over the past two years (heck, over the past several years). We can learn how an administration, or permanent bureaucrats, thru selective leaking, shape the narrative and manipulate public opinion.
This article, coupled with the phenomenea of "leaking," is instructive to anyone who has paid attention over the past two years (heck, over the past several years). We can learn how an administration, or permanent bureaucrats, thru selective leaking, shape the narrative and manipulate public opinion.
Numerous examples abound in recent years of selective leaks to generate false narratives, influence attitudes and perceptions, and gain public aquiescence or consent for objectives, that if all the facts were known, people would never consent to. Hillary's email server for example - if all the facts were dumped in public in 2013-2014 - she never would have been nominated in 2016. Hillary, the DOJ and FBI knew in 2013 that all the facts would been known at some point, so through selective leaking they get watered down. Same was true in the Benghazi investigation, or the "moderste rebel" narrative, etc.
Numerous examples abound in recent years of selective leaks to generate false narratives, influence attitudes and perceptions, and gain public aquiescence or consent for objectives, that if all the facts were known, people would never consent to. Hillary's email server for example - if all the facts were dumped in public in 2013-2014 - she never would have been nominated in 2016. Hillary, the DOJ and FBI knew in 2013 that all the facts would be known at some point, so through selective leaking they get watered down. Same was true in the Benghazi investigation, or the "moderste rebel" narrative, etc.
So let's call it what is, a lack of transparency and incomplete information. Few news items are complete in themselved.
So let's call it what is, a lack of transparency and incomplete information. Few news items are complete in themselved.