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999Vulcan

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Nov 4, 2017, 11:33:26 AM11/4/17
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Why is conservative media so much better than liberal media when it comes to making its preferred narratives stick?

To answer this question, I reached out Charlie Sykes, a leading conservative radio host in Wisconsin for nearly three decades. A vocal critic of Trump, Sykes eventually walked away from his show after alienating some of his pro-Trump listeners.

I asked Sykes, the author of the 2017 book How the Right Lost Its Mind, how right-leaning media is able to construct alternate realities for its base, and why it succeeds in ways liberal media does not.

“The conservative media has done a really great job of convincing conservatives that they're under siege,” he told me. As a result, “the conservative media has become a safe space for people who want to be told that they don't have to believe anything that's uncomfortable or negative.”

Our full conversation, lightly edited for clarity, follows.

https://www.vox.com/2017/10/31/16579820/mueller-clinton-russia-uranium-manafort-charlie-sykes

999Vulcan

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Nov 4, 2017, 11:36:21 AM11/4/17
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The essence of propaganda is not necessarily to convince you of a certain set of facts. It is to overwhelm your critical sensibilities. It's to make you doubt the existence of a knowable truth. The conservative media is a giant fog machine designed to confuse and disorient people.

Юpa Шaлaк

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Nov 4, 2017, 8:02:14 PM11/4/17
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"999Vulcan" <z...@vulakh.us> wrote in message
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Why is conservative media so much better than liberal media when it comes to
making its preferred narratives stick?

To answer this question, I reached out Charlie Sykes, a leading conservative
radio host in Wisconsin for nearly three decades. A vocal critic of Trump,
Sykes eventually walked away from his show after alienating some of his
pro-Trump listeners.

I asked Sykes, the author of the 2017 book How the Right Lost Its Mind, how
right-leaning media is able to construct alternate realities for its base,
and why it succeeds in ways liberal media does not.

“The conservative media has done a really great job of convincing
conservatives that they're under siege,” he told me. As a result, “the
conservative media has become a safe space for people who want to be told
that they don't have to believe anything that's uncomfortable or negative.”

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Еще один классический образец левого вранья, когда то, что делается
"либералами",
припысывается "консерваторам".

SB

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Nov 4, 2017, 9:15:21 PM11/4/17
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Типа, ты удивляешься, что правда является убедительной, а ваше вранье -
нет? Пробуй меньше врать.

-СБ

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Const

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Nov 5, 2017, 12:38:23 AM11/5/17
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999Vulcan <z...@vulakh.us> wrote:
> The essence of propaganda is not necessarily to convince you of a certain set of facts. It is to overwhelm your critical sensibilities. It's to make you doubt the existence of a knowable truth. The conservative media is a giant fog machine designed to confuse and disorient people.

I cant believe this shit.

Are you fucking serious ?

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Const

999Vulcan

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Nov 5, 2017, 9:30:18 AM11/5/17
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ну вот консервативный ток-хост так говорит
ты уже консервативнее консерваторов?
хайль трамп?
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