Alexandra Bruce – People today know propaganda when they see it. Between 9/11, the Gulf Wars and YouTube, people are getting good at spotting propaganda.
I’ve been avoiding the Parkland shooting because it’s a maelstrom of everything bad (including propaganda) but I did view some mainstream news reports a few days ago, where it seemed like one survivor, 17-year old aspiring journalist David Hogg exhibited a slick glibness at the scene of the massacre on CNN that seemed inappropriate. He kept repeating the phrase “heroic actions” in a way that screamed “crisis actor” to me but I wasn’t going to touch it with a 10-foot pole.