Just ran across psychologist Julie Hotard's writings.

[summer_in_TX]

She is alarmed at how successful right wing propaganda is, although not surprised. She calls for Democrats to do counter-propaganda to counter GOP talking point strategies:

https://upine.medium.com/time-to-solve-our-propaganda-problems-like-the-military-does-e97eda71ba7b

This article is a few months old, but some of her others also suggest ways to turn things around and for Dems to win. She makes good points – and gives contact info for folks to contact for help.

We are consistently losing the messaging battle, because we have long refused to use talking points. But it works, and is key to GOP success – and their talking points are untruthful. Imagine it ensuring that the truth gets out and is repeated enough to stick.

[Walleye]

1. The truth is hard to distill into a bumper sticker. Sometimes it requires a sentence or two

[Hoyt]

2. Miss Air America radio. I'd pay for that on same channels as hate radio.

[summer_in_TX]

3. I sure do too.

Major corporations colluded to take them down, as I remember it.

[Hoyt]

4. Definitely miss them, but think liberals just don't listen and/or represent prime

advertising revenue.

[multigraincracker]

5. Not unless it's on late at night.

Those late night shows are really funny, making fun of the other side.

[Scrivener7]

6. YES! She is absolutely right! Where is our warehouse of people trained to seed

messages on twitter and facebook? Where are our think tanks that take good ideas for messaging, and amplify them? Where is the organized harrying of news organizations demanding the end of "both siderism" in reporting?

The insistence that "we don't do bumper sticker messaging" A) makes it clear you didn't read the article and B) is hubris that will help usher in the end of our Democracy.

Equally unhelpful is the comment I see often in this conversation: "They have radio. We don't. We can't fight their messaging."

Hotard is right. This can be done. We neglect to do this at our own peril.

[summer_in_TX]

8. Every Dem at every level of government...

should have daily talking points.

Americans are awash in the RW media complex’s anti-democracy propaganda – esp since MSM repeats it. Constant repetition from many sources works. Best way to beat it? Counter-propaganda directed at the same audience.

In past experience with the GOP using their talking points, the news orgs usually include quoting the daily talking points in their coverage, bypassing the unequal ownership issue.

Social media sorts users quickly so soon they only see content similar to what they already “like.” But many follow and like news sources so content may get through the filter bubble.

Debunking is not the strategy relied on by our military when countering propaganda. That tells me it’s not very effective compared to counter-propaganda.

Julie Hotard can be read on uptime.medium.com or on Twitter @upine. She recommends two organizations doing that work to follow on Twitter and amplify: @anotheracronym and @RealityTeam11.

[ShazamIam]

7. Our national media is owned by the billionaires who are benefitting from the denial of

access of liberal and progressive voices, to the messenger. The news folks promote the conservative policies that have stolen our wealth and wages.

[summer_in_TX]

9. Consistent with counter-propaganda

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216200546

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