Incidentally, whenever contemporary revolutionaries decide to overthrow their national governments their primary military objective is never the armory —— it is always TV and radio transmitters.
https://www.justplainpolitics.com/showthread.php?116514-Occupied-amp-Not-Occupied&p=2980134#post2980134
demagogue (noun)
1. A leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace.
2. A leader of the common people in ancient times.
1. A leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace.
2. A leader of the common people in ancient times.
Saul Alinsky (1909 - 1972) was not the first, nor will he be the last wannabe tyrant to seek political power by controlling the language.
He who controls the language controls the masses. Saul Alinsky
Socialists/Communists went one step further then ancient demagogues by first creating a crisis, then locking in opponents with the words and phrases that define the topic.
Print has been creating political crises for a long time, while radio, and television, are a godsend to demagogues. The few voices fighting back are overwhelmed by a tyranny of numbers on the same platforms Socialists have been infiltrating for a century.
The same technique used to control the language is used on different manufactured creations. For some unknown reason nobody ever called Socialism’s facility unethical.
Guardian newspaper of London will no longer refer to “climate change” in its stories.
No, the iconic, left-leaning broadsheet hasn’t become a convert to climate skepticism.
Instead, the paper is upping the ante, directing its staff to use the terms “climate emergency” and “climate crisis,” the Washington Examiner reported.
No, the iconic, left-leaning broadsheet hasn’t become a convert to climate skepticism.
Instead, the paper is upping the ante, directing its staff to use the terms “climate emergency” and “climate crisis,” the Washington Examiner reported.
Guardian to staff: Use 'climate crisis' in stories
Posted By -NO AUTHOR- On 05/18/2019 @ 5:34 pm
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/guardian-to-staff-use-climate-crisis-in-stories/
Posted By -NO AUTHOR- On 05/18/2019 @ 5:34 pm
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/guardian-to-staff-use-climate-crisis-in-stories/
NOTE: There is no more obvious proof of FOX network’s explicit liberalism than the face time given to National Public Radio’s Mara Liasson, and Juan Williams who came to FOX from NPR:
Pro-life advocates were stunned to read a guide published by National Public Radio on how to properly use phrases while reporting on the abortion debate, and found it to be brazenly partisan.
The guidance cautioned reporters against describing the "fetal heartbeat" bills as referring to the heartbeat of a fetus — they instead say the heartbeat can be detected weeks before the embryo develops into a fetus.
The guidance objected to the terms "late term abortion" and "partial birth abortion," and claimed those phrases had "ideological baggage" that implied the fetus was viable when the abortions were operated.
The guidance also said not to use the phrase "abortion clinics."
The guidance cautioned reporters against describing the "fetal heartbeat" bills as referring to the heartbeat of a fetus — they instead say the heartbeat can be detected weeks before the embryo develops into a fetus.
The guidance objected to the terms "late term abortion" and "partial birth abortion," and claimed those phrases had "ideological baggage" that implied the fetus was viable when the abortions were operated.
The guidance also said not to use the phrase "abortion clinics."
We say instead, "medical or health clinics that perform abortions." The point is to not to use abortion before the word clinic. The clinics perform other procedures and not just abortions.
Another section cautioned against phrases that would lead the reader to believe an aborted fetus was a baby.
The term "unborn" implies that there is a baby inside a pregnant woman, not a fetus. Babies are not babies until they are born. They're fetuses. Incorrectly calling a fetus a "baby" or "the unborn" is part of the strategy used by antiabortion groups to shift language/legality/public opinion.
Ramesh Ponnuro of the National Review excoriated the guidance as "unself-consciously propagandistic" in its support of the pro-abortion side of the debate.
"It turns out that the longstanding practice of NPR has been to use the terms that are favored by one side of the abortion debate," he added. "Guess which one!"
"Every single word-usage option is resolved in favor of language preferred by those who support liberal, widespread access to legalized abortion, against those who would further restrict the practice," responded Quin Hillyer in the Washington Examiner. "Throughout the notice, the tone drips with contempt for pro-lifers."
May 22, 2019
NPR issues guide on what phrases to use in abortion debate — and it's shamelessly biased
Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/npr-guide-on-abortion-angers-many
NPR issues guide on what phrases to use in abortion debate — and it's shamelessly biased
Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/npr-guide-on-abortion-angers-many
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As a reminder of how obscenely biased taxpayer-supported National Public Radio really is, see the notice its honchos sent to its staff last week about how to use terminology with regard to abortion.
NPR's coverage of abortion is pregnant with bias
by Quin Hillyer
May 21, 2019 04:49 PM
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/nprs-coverage-of-abortion-is-pregnant-with-bias
by Quin Hillyer
May 21, 2019 04:49 PM
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/nprs-coverage-of-abortion-is-pregnant-with-bias
Finally, you can find hundreds examples where Communists/Socialists took control of the language in order to define a manufactured crisis. Here are a few classics:
A woman’s health instead of abortion.
A woman’s choice instead of population control.
Undocumented instead of illegal alien.
Common good instead of welfare.
International law instead of United Nations law.
Humanitarian crises instead of no borders.
Caring for children instead of chain migration.
Universal healthcare instead of socialized medicine.
The end of war instead of global government.
The New World Order instead of abolish national sovereignty.
Immigrants are looking for jobs instead of looking for free stuff.