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[โ€“] asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

CiA agents carefully and selectively misinforming the public on small details trickled in to manipulate public and congress opinion.

Then Kool Aid man comes in and makes it a team sport and suddenly the truth doesn't matter to the public anymore. In fact it probably never did.

[โ€“] Chakravanti@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

"Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed; everything else is public relations."

-George Orwell

Apparently the CIA just Nixoned that because even I am close to not being able to tell the gorramn difference.