Such an excellent article, it reminded me of the many forms of manipulation in Europe during the past years. In fact it’s still going on. It’s all funnelling into the net of the powers that be.
In the mid-late 1980s, our company’s in-house lawyer had been interviewed by what was called the star journalist of a then reputable newspaper. Th…
Such an excellent article, it reminded me of the many forms of manipulation in Europe during the past years. In fact it’s still going on. It’s all funnelling into the net of the powers that be.
In the mid-late 1980s, our company’s in-house lawyer had been interviewed by what was called the star journalist of a then reputable newspaper. The topic was dealing with major changes in the law.
We had been waiting for the draft but it was coming late and the lawyer had other meetings. When it finally came, I had been asked to review the draft (I had also been working in this topic) for which I was given just a couple of hours. No doubt to prevent re-efiting. There were several major flaws and some outright lies. When I called the journalist to point out that those items were not as discussed, the reply was merely that the government rep had said that their response was the truth, and they would publish it as was.
It created a lot of turmoil. But it did show me how manipulation worked. Nothing surprises me now.
Thank you so much! Once you see behind the curtain and you know what goes in the soup, you never trust it again - and rightly so! Often it takes having an experience like that to open your eyes to it, especially when it's something so broadly culturally accepted that no one questions it and people start to look at you funny if you do. It wouldn't dawn on most people that this is happening or that it is as pervasive as it is. I'm glad you saw it, even if it was a jarring experience to have at the time. xo
Such an excellent article, it reminded me of the many forms of manipulation in Europe during the past years. In fact it’s still going on. It’s all funnelling into the net of the powers that be.
In the mid-late 1980s, our company’s in-house lawyer had been interviewed by what was called the star journalist of a then reputable newspaper. The topic was dealing with major changes in the law.
We had been waiting for the draft but it was coming late and the lawyer had other meetings. When it finally came, I had been asked to review the draft (I had also been working in this topic) for which I was given just a couple of hours. No doubt to prevent re-efiting. There were several major flaws and some outright lies. When I called the journalist to point out that those items were not as discussed, the reply was merely that the government rep had said that their response was the truth, and they would publish it as was.
It created a lot of turmoil. But it did show me how manipulation worked. Nothing surprises me now.
Thank you so much! Once you see behind the curtain and you know what goes in the soup, you never trust it again - and rightly so! Often it takes having an experience like that to open your eyes to it, especially when it's something so broadly culturally accepted that no one questions it and people start to look at you funny if you do. It wouldn't dawn on most people that this is happening or that it is as pervasive as it is. I'm glad you saw it, even if it was a jarring experience to have at the time. xo
xoxo