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Friday, October 2nd, 2015

The Power of False Narrative

Author:     Robert Parry
Source:     Reader Supported News/Consortium News
Publication Date:     30 September 15
 Link: The Power of False Narrative
Stephan:   This is a brilliant and, in my view, a highly accurate assessment of the Orwellian Narrative Trend, the creation of a worldview that is almost completely detached from the facts. It is made possible because the collusion of government and media is now so well-established that it is seen as normal. This is why it is so very difficult to get accurate substantive information about almost anything that matters. This explains why Bernie Sanders is not covered by cable news operations, and Donald Trump coverage, plus a little Hillary Clinton degradation is wall to wall. We don't have news in the United States anymore about the major issues. We have narratives.
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“Strategic communications” or Stratcom, a propaganda/psy-op technique that treats information as a “soft power” weapon to wield against adversaries, is a new catch phrase in an Official Washington obsessed with the clout that comes from spinning false narratives, reports Robert Parry.

 

n this age of pervasive media, the primary method of social control is through the creation of narratives delivered to the public through newspapers, TV, radio, computers, cell phones and any other gadget that can convey information. This reality has given rise to an obsession among the power elite to control as much of this messaging as possible.

So, regarding U.S. relations toward the world, we see the State Department, the White House, Pentagon, NATO and other agencies pushing various narratives to sell the American people and other populations on how they should view U.S. policies, rivals and allies. The current hot phrase for this practice is “strategic communications” or Stratcom, which blends psychological operations, propaganda and P.R. into one mind-bending smoothie.

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2 Comments

  1. Rev. Dean on Friday, October 2, 2015 at 3:32 am

    This article says what I have been thinking and talking about since we elected Obama, starting with the advisors he selected in the beginning.

  2. Steve Hovland on Friday, October 2, 2015 at 6:30 am

    No need to be nice about this. “Narrative” is PC nonsense. It’s propaganda. They repealed a law that forbid the US government from using propaganda techniques on it’s own people. It didn’t start with Obama. We all need to study propaganda techniques so we can deconstruct the media we expose ourselves to. We who do communication need to learn how to construct counter-propaganda to reduce the effectiveness of government BS.