There is nothing more sacred to the maintenance of democracy than a free press. News propaganda is propaganda disguised as credible news. According to Dr. Cynthia Boaz of truth-out.org, “Fox News is known to use propaganda to ‘brainwash’ their viewers by using a certain fourteen propaganda techniques.” News propaganda can be motivated by national security reasons, sometimes in times of war. Americans spend about 50 hours a week using different kinds of social media. However, our literacy levels are horrible. People are so addicted to the TV that they’ll believe anything they hear on there. A possible solution for society is instead of criticizing and believing what the news portrays, they should go out and experience the real world themselves instead of hiding indoors in front of their TV screen. To begin, news propaganda’s purpose is to entice the audience. The audience, which is everybody, will turn to the news when
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African Americans have been the center of propaganda for a large sum of time. Racist propaganda is used to conquer African Americans. Marlon Riggs’ documentary “Ethnic Notions’ shows white America’s effort to thoroughly degrade the Black image. White supremacy suggests the lie that whites are superior to and therefore naturally poised to dominate and oppress people of color. Racism falsely justifies the lie that assigning value to people based on their racial category. “White” people and those resembling them are assumed to be superior. To conclude, news propaganda is propaganda disguised as credible news. News propaganda can be motivated by national security reasons, sometimes in times of war. People are so addicted to the TV that they’ll believe anything they hear on there. A possible solution for society is instead of criticizing and believing what the news portrays, they should go out and experience the real world themselves instead of hiding indoors in front of their TV
African Americans have been the center of propaganda for a large sum of time. Racist propaganda is used to conquer African Americans. Marlon Riggs’ documentary “Ethnic Notions’ shows white America’s effort to thoroughly degrade the Black image. White supremacy suggests the lie that whites are superior to and therefore naturally poised to dominate and oppress people of color. Racism falsely justifies the lie that assigning value to people based on their racial category. “White” people and those resembling them are assumed to be superior. To conclude, news propaganda is propaganda disguised as credible news. News propaganda can be motivated by national security reasons, sometimes in times of war. People are so addicted to the TV that they’ll believe anything they hear on there. A possible solution for society is instead of criticizing and believing what the news portrays, they should go out and experience the real world themselves instead of hiding indoors in front of their TV