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[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Do you believe that NPR and PBS are the extent of government media funding in America? Because that's outrageously wrong. Both the CIA and DOD have MASSIVE budgets for media, and it's all obfuscated so people like you think the only propaganda you consume come from NPR and PBS.

Start with the more obvious stuff, and look into how Top Gun got funded. Radio free Asia was firist secretly and now openly funded by the CIA with the explicit purpose of growing distrust among Americans against the Asian socialist and communist experiments.

America does not lack propaganda, we are just way better at hiding it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_influence_on_public_opinion

[–] BilliamBoberts -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You make fair and valid points, but the propaganda the US government creates does not stand alone in the american media sphere. We have the freedom to explore other ideas on the internet or purchase movies, tv shows, music, and articles from all around the world with little to no censorship. Thus, american propaganda influence faces more competition than its chinese counterpart.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No, they're full of shit and are conflating several unrelated things in ways that may seem plausible to the casual observer, but that are actually being dishonestly spun in furtherance of a very specific narrative. It's a very old trick. Don't fall for it.