| ▲ | fc417fc802 7 hours ago | |
It's using information to influence public opinion in a calculated manner. Said information can include facts. It can even be entirely factual. Manipulating the feed of a social media website for the purpose of swaying the viewer's opinion is a cut and dry example of propaganda. Doesn't matter who does it or whether the information displayed is factual or not. Those things make zero difference. | ||
| ▲ | johnnyanmac 2 hours ago | parent [-] | |
This really doesn't pass the sniff test. It reminds me of a recent post I saw: "what are movies people like only becsuse it is good?", calling it "quality slop". It's contradictory. If people are given a wide perspective of a situation and adjusts bias for the Overton window (aka, we don't let Nazis have an equal platform to a more progressive group), then we just call that good reporting. The act of convincing people isn't inherently a bad thing. How you do it matters a lot. | ||