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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch
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To: Suma who wrote (66827)11/10/2004 2:38:43 PM
From: redfish  Read Replies (3) of 89467
 
I disagree with his thesis. I think the reason the right uses the media more effectively is that they are willing to lie or distort the truth more than the dems.

That give them an enormous advantage ... dems are part of the "reality based community," and therefore rely on reality to spread their message. The right, on the other hand, has little concern with reality. They find an appealing message and spread it as far and wide as they can, regardless of whether it distorts the truth.

To compete with that, we would have to be willing to lie. I have no problem with propaganda myself, you can't fight fascism without it, but I think most democrats would balk at distorting the truth.
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