Spin is actually adding words like “admits” to a headline in order to lead the reader to a certain belief. In this case the .ml headline leads us to believe this information has been concealed. When a much more reasonable take is that you, me, and the average reader is probably coming across this info for the first time. It’s not been hidden, it’s new.
Seems like the take from .ml should be, “You fools, rise up! Your government is getting your countrymen killed in a bullshit war, AGAIN!”
But this headline spins it to read as, “This bullshit war is getting people killed but the government is hiding it, wake up sheeple!”
The first is a cry to come together the second serves to divide us small people.
I think the reason you’re getting so confused is you’re failing to consider the media context that “Reuters” arises from. It’s literally the state media apparatus by which the British media system gets their marching orders from the corrupt capital/espionage axis. (That’s what being a wire service in the West means in practice)
You can choose your to do your activism however you want, I personally think being completely blind to homegrown propaganda makes for a movement that is completely ineffectual and easy to “herd”
Spin is actually adding words like “admits” to a headline in order to lead the reader to a certain belief. In this case the .ml headline leads us to believe this information has been concealed. When a much more reasonable take is that you, me, and the average reader is probably coming across this info for the first time. It’s not been hidden, it’s new.
Seems like the take from .ml should be, “You fools, rise up! Your government is getting your countrymen killed in a bullshit war, AGAIN!”
But this headline spins it to read as, “This bullshit war is getting people killed but the government is hiding it, wake up sheeple!”
The first is a cry to come together the second serves to divide us small people.
I think the reason you’re getting so confused is you’re failing to consider the media context that “Reuters” arises from. It’s literally the state media apparatus by which the British media system gets their marching orders from the corrupt capital/espionage axis. (That’s what being a wire service in the West means in practice)
You can choose your to do your activism however you want, I personally think being completely blind to homegrown propaganda makes for a movement that is completely ineffectual and easy to “herd”