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Where did the Left learn their effective “fake news” tactics?

In Episode 80 of Hidden Headlines I discuss the effective use of Propaganda by the Democratic Party and the Left in general.

They have become excellent at making the public believe whatever fake news will serve their purposes.

Where did they learn this?

From the  “father of public relations,” Edward Bernays.

Edward Bernays could sell anything.

In his 1928 book, “Propaganda,” Bernays hypothesized that by understanding the group mind, it would be possible to manipulate people’s behavior without their even realizing it. For example, in his first big test of this hypothesis, Bernays launched one of his most famous public relations campaigns: convincing women to smoke.

In 1929, it was taboo for women to smoke in public and those who flouted convention were thought to be sexually permissive. Bernays’ client was George Washington Hill, president of the American Tobacco Company, who envisioned breaking this taboo to broaden the market for his Lucky Strike brand. Bernays asked Hill for permission to consult with New York’s leading psychoanalyst and Freud disciple, Dr. A.A. Brill, and was granted this unusual request.

This was the first but not the last time Bernays would consult with psychoanalysts to help shape his public relations campaigns. When asked what cigarettes symbolized to women, Brill’s response was that cigarettes were symbolic of male power.

Equating smoking with challenging male power was the cornerstone of Lucky Strike’s “Torches of Freedom” campaign, which debuted during New York’s annual Easter Parade on April 1, 1929. Bernays had procured a list of debutantes from the editor of Vogue magazine and pitched the idea that they could contribute to the expansion of women’s rights by lighting up cigarettes and smoking them in the most public of places—Fifth Avenue. The press was warned beforehand and couldn’t resist the story. The “Torches of Freedom Parade” was covered not only by the local papers, but also by newspapers nationwide and internationally. Bernays was duly convinced that linking products to emotions could cause people to behave irrationally. In reality, of course, women were no freer for having taken up smoking, but linking smoking to women’s rights fostered a feeling of independence.

Bernays not only helped move products, but he learned how to move ideology as well for politicians and non-profits.

The Left uses his books as their primary resources to this day: Covid, the January 6th “insurrection,” and so on.

It’s a fascinating podcast. Hope you’ll listen and share.

THE HEADLINES THE MEDIA CENSORS WON’T PROCLAIM

BE ENCOURAGED, DEAR FRIENDS
– William Barr issues correction and claims the DOJ is still investigating voter fraud.
– Pennsylvania legislators working to choose electors.
– Lawmakers in Ohio and Michigan move to impeach their own governors.
– GITMO expansion under way during the last year in preparation for post-election arrests.
– Busted: USPS workers conspired to move fraudulent ballots across state lines into PA.
– Col. Phil Waldron confirms the DoD / 305th has all the real-time traffic and commands that inserted fake votes into the swing states.
– @LouDobbs calls for Trump to declassify all documents related to spygate / Russiagate / FISA abuse.
– Operation Warp Speed was NOT about vaccinating everyone, but was about positioning military assets for what may be necessary to secure the Republic.

Major Networks Ignore Man Beaten For Wearing MAGA Hat

Early Monday evening, Trump supporter and art gallery owner Jahangir Turan was walking down a street in Manhattan, New York wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat he had purchased at Trump Tower, when he was allegedly assaulted in broad daylight by a group of teens.

The national networks have been silent on this story.

While the networks were ignoring Turan’s swollen face and fractured cheekbone, local New York affiliates were covering his recounting of the assault. WNBC reported:

With a swollen face, bruises and black eye Jahangir “John” Turan — owner of the David Parker Gallery which sells art work by Andy Warhol, Salvador Dalí and Joan Miró, among other celebrated artists — says he was on his way to a meeting with a client after buying a MAGA hat when he came across a group of “kids,” who he described as being 18 to 20 years old, while walking on Canal Street toward West Broadway.

“Officials said 42-year-old Jahangir Turan told police he was on Canal Street in SoHo around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday when was struck in the head from behind,” reported WABC. “Turan said he was leaving the N train wearing a MAGA hat when a group of teenagers yelled “F*** Trump[”] and attacked him.”

Turan is irate that police have yet to track down any suspects. “I felt angry after Tuesday and Wednesday, when I didn’t see them doing anything. Two days, no arrests. I think some of these cops are anti-Trump,” Turan explained.

Many on social media were pointing out the hypocrisy of the liberal media for instinctually pouncing on the alleged assault of former Empire actor Jussie Smollett by alleged Trump supporters, which turned out to a massive hoax, and their silence on this latest attack.