Patrick Lawrence — The Battle For Our Minds

After reading The New York Times slice “The Plot to Subvert an Election” I set the paper downwardly amongst a unmarried question.

Why, later on 2 years of allegations, indictments, in addition to claims to proof of this, that, in addition to the other did the paper of record—well, i time the paper of record—see whatsoever take away to release such a piece? My respond is simple: The orthodox describe organisation human relationship of Russia-gate has non taken hold: It has failed inwards its test to constitute a consensus of certainty amid Americans. My determination matches this observation: The orthodox narrative is never going to accomplish this objective. There are besides many holes inwards it. 

“The data historic catamenia is genuinely a media age,” John Pilger, the noted British–Australian journalist, remarked during a symposium 4 years ago, when the Ukraine crisis was at its peak. “We conduct keep state of war past times media; censorship past times media; demonology past times media; retribution past times media; diversion past times media—a surreal assembly describe of obedient clichés in addition to simulated assumptions.” Pilger revisited the subject inwards a piece final calendar week on Consortium News, contention that once-tolerated, dissenting persuasion has inwards recent years “regressed into a metaphoric underground.”

There are battlefields inwards Syria, Ukraine, Yemen, in addition to elsewhere, simply possibly the almost consequential battle straightaway beingness fought is for our minds....

That's what propaganda is — a battle to command minds in addition to controlling the narrative. Those who command the narrative command the agenda and, to a greater extent than importantly, the hidden agenda that is genuinely driving policy in addition to strategy.

Of course, this is aught new. What is unlike straightaway is the medium, amongst the introduction of the Internet in addition to social media.

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The Battle for Our Minds
Patrick Lawrence