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It was typical NYT double talk. They use words and phrases with slightly negative connotations and introduce little factoids into their narrative as though if they are actually well known and established fact.
I don't remember what that method of argument is called. But it was prominent in Soviet disinformation campaigns designed to discredit something while all the time seeming to support it.
Kind of like how their "40% of sales don't have a background check" line from the early 90's being from a study that asked "Do you think you went through a background check" and also it was done BEFORE the NICS background check system was implemented. That's like asking people if they have a license for their drone before drone licenses exist, then screaming "ALMOST ALL DRONES ARE OPERATED ILLEGALLY!".
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[–] CherryVanillaMoira 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
It was typical NYT double talk. They use words and phrases with slightly negative connotations and introduce little factoids into their narrative as though if they are actually well known and established fact.
I don't remember what that method of argument is called. But it was prominent in Soviet disinformation campaigns designed to discredit something while all the time seeming to support it.
I wish I'd finished that school year :-(
[–] Totenglocke 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Kind of like how their "40% of sales don't have a background check" line from the early 90's being from a study that asked "Do you think you went through a background check" and also it was done BEFORE the NICS background check system was implemented. That's like asking people if they have a license for their drone before drone licenses exist, then screaming "ALMOST ALL DRONES ARE OPERATED ILLEGALLY!".
[–] CherryVanillaMoira ago
It's hard to manipulate the path of the dialog if you are forced to stay on-topic and can only present hard fact that is still current.