Leaded fuel reduced IQ of children born before 1990

Re:Leaded fuel reduced IQ of children born before 1990 by dredmorbius on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @01:10PM (#28933180)

It is deceptive and misleading with an intent to promote specific goals and agenda.

The salient characteristic of propaganda is not that it is (entirely) false. It is that it serves a specific interest and agenda rather than being a good-faith, best-effort attempt to convey truth.

It's a fundamental conflict in communications dating at least to Plato and the philosophers vs. the sophists.

Propaganda is most effective when it wraps its intended payload in an attractive, largely truthful message, and acts to nudge its intended targets in a direction they're inclined to go already.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophist

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Re:Leaded fuel reduced IQ of children born before 1990 by TigeriusKirk on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @01:21PM (#28933303)

The primary rule of successful propaganda is "Don't lie about facts, control the interpretation."

False facts will get caught out. All you can do with an interpretation is argue about it.

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Re:Leaded fuel reduced IQ of children born before 1990 by dredmorbius on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @01:41PM (#28933545)

There are various methods. Control is one. The Big Lie another, direct attacks on trust and truth another. Sheer overlwhelming and distraction as well.

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Re:Leaded fuel reduced IQ of children born before 1990 by nautilius on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @01:30PM (#28933404)

You sure? Have you read/watched any news since 2016?

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