Title: How does propaganda work? - Quora
Headings: How does propaganda work?
How does propaganda work?
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Content: The Fairness Doctrine required all news outlets to cover controversial news and provide all sides of the controversy. To make things worse, Reagan also allowed consolidation of the media i
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I will speak only about the propaganda I’ve experienced in the US. Do Not Cover All Sides of A Controversy
The most common propaganda in the US currently is a kind of one-sided presentation of facts. This started in the 1980s when the FCC’s fairness doctrine in broadcasting was overturned by the Reagan administration. Reagan’s media advisors on this were Karl Rove and Roger Ailes who went on to start Fox News. The Fairness Doctrine required all news outlets to cover controversial news and provide all sides of the controversy. To make things worse, Reagan also allowed consolidation of the media into the hands of a few corporations. So now the news doesn’t have to provide all sides of a controversy and can sell advertising to candidates with one point of view and not have to offer opposing candidates time at the same price to counter the adds. This remains a huge problem in American politics and is one the means that the minority party used in 2016 to take over all 3 branches of government, most of state legislatures and governorships. By the way, does anyone wonder what all those pharmaceutical adds on American television are about?