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Politics : View from the Center and Left -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (5355)	11/15/2005 8:02:16 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542776

I took a class years ago on propaganda. It continues to be quite valuable to me, and has helped others to whom I've mentioned some of the items to look for. For instance, does the article you are reading on the front page have someone's name on it? If so, it doesn't belong on a pure news page....it is someone's opinion, and therefore not news. It belongs on the op-ed page instead. Another thing one can do if they are interested in seeing if the article they are reading has "slant" to it, is take out all adjectives, and all adverbs, out of the article. All that is left should be bare bones of the piece. Look at the adjectives and adverbs. Are they leaning one direction or another? Usually, you will find they are. That will show you if the article is one-sided or not. And the same thing goes for a TV news broadcast...just think about what the person is saying, and how they are saying. I think you will see right away if it is one-sided or not. But it all depends on the viewer or reader. Some people don't care about that. They just think they are hearing the news....;o}