Trump’s ‘Media Bias’ Portal Uses Crowdsourcing for Fresh Propaganda
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Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business Show, interviewed David Dozier who is a leading media authority.
On a recent Price of Business show, Host Kevin Price interviewed Dr. David Dozier. He’s professor emeritus of journalism at San Diego State. They discussed the launch of a new official White House portal that exposes “misleading” and “biased” news about President Trump. The portal heaps scorn on a “Media Offender of the Week.” On a story-by-story basis, it lists offending news outlets and reporters. It classifies such offenses as (1) bias, (2) omission of context and (3) lies. Taxpayers pay government employees to update content. In addition, Trump wants volunteers to “submit a tip.” The portal enlists MAGA news sleuths to hunt down news “bias” and send links of offending news content to the White House. Thus, Trump uses crowdsourcing to help provide fresh content for his propaganda machine. To date, the portal does not cite bias or lies on rightwing news outlets, such as Fox News, Breitbart and Newsmax. So, operationally, “bias” is content that puts Trump’s administration in a bad light—even when such news is factually accurate. The portal is one more weapon in his arsenal for ongoing partisan attacks on the news media. The portal’s implicit goal is to confuse Americans about what’s fact and what’s fiction (propaganda). Facts undermine authoritarian lies. In Nazi Germany, according to the Holocaust Encyclopedia, censoring press freedom meant (1) closing or taking over anti-Nazi news organizations, (2) controlling all news content and (3) banning books that Nazis considered “un-German.” President Trump and his MAGA acolytes follow the same authoritarian playbook (see www.DavidDozierBooks.com and www.linkedin.com/in/david-dozier-576b684/).
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David Dozier (DavidDozierBooks.com) is the author of the novel, The California Killing Field. He is a professor emeritus in the School of Journalism & Media Studies, San Diego State University. He’s an internationally recognized expert on communication management and public relations.
According to USA Business Radio, “David Dozier is a scholar of public relations and communication management, professor emeritus in the School of Journalism & Media Studies at San Diego State University, and author of The California Killing Field. He says fake news has become a phenomenon, political campaigns use the tactic to influence voters, and that it’s perplexing that a conspiracy-based group such as QAnon has gained national attention.
Kevin Price and David Dozier are doing a multi-part series on this important topic that will be on many different platforms, as well as on radio. Keep an eye out for the series throughout the Price of Business Digital Network and USA Business Radio.
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-dozier-576b684/
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