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RAB910

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Fri Jun 3, 2022, 12:29 PM Jun 2022

A prime example of how the anti-American right-wing propaganda machine manipulates people

I saw this headline at the FOX "news" website

DOJ indicts former Trump adviser Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-indicts-former-trump-adviser-peter-navarro-contempt-of-congress


Now the accurate headline is a grand jury indicted Trump's former adviser. Saying the DOJ indicted them may seem like a minor difference. However, they are invested in keeping their followers angry and afraid. So rather than getting indicted by a jury of his peers, they claimed he was targeted by Biden's justice department. That way their cult following will feel like Biden is using the DOJ as a weapon against his political enemies (like Trump did with Barr and Durham). So instead of feeling like Trump's mad did bad and was being punished they falsely spin him as the victim.

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A prime example of how the anti-American right-wing propaganda machine manipulates people (Original Post) RAB910 Jun 2022 OP
Next they'll roll out the ham sandwich metaphor. Marcuse Jun 2022 #1
they don't have to, it's easier to just lie and claim the DOJ did it RAB910 Jun 2022 #2
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