Propaganda anno 2017
30 Apr '17 04:36From the BBC:
US President Donald Trump has launched a scathing attack on the media during a rally marking 100 days in office.
He told supporters in Pennsylvania that he was keeping "one promise after another", dismissing criticism as "fake news" by "out of touch" journalists.
At the rally in Harrisburg, the president said the media should be given "a big, fat, failing grade" over their coverage of his achievements during his first 100 days and told the cheering crowd he was "thrilled to be more than 100 miles from Washington".
He quipped that at the same time "a large group of Hollywood actors and Washington media are consoling themselves" at the correspondents' dinner "that will be very boring".
On climate change, Mr Trump said "a big decision" would be taken within the next two weeks.
He earlier described climate change as a hoax, vowing to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement.
So, leaving the baby talk aside ("big, fat, failing grade... etc.), the whole spiel has something very 1930's about.
Rallies.
Only speaking to the faithful.
Condemning any opposition as fake.
Constantly repeating the message.
Denying the truth.
Blaming the media.
Promising great things to come in the vaguest of terms.
Kuddo's to him (or his communication advisors) for studying Goebbels and actually attempting to put what they've learned into practise.
But can it work in 2017?
Internet, lots of media, international media at the press of a button, twitter, facebook, video recordings (very easy to point out what a politician once said or grabbed, making deniability not so much an alternative reality, but more of a joke or a liability).
What do you all think?
Would Goebbels have approached propaganda in the same way with communication being so far advanced than it was in his time?
US President Donald Trump has launched a scathing attack on the media during a rally marking 100 days in office.
He told supporters in Pennsylvania that he was keeping "one promise after another", dismissing criticism as "fake news" by "out of touch" journalists.
At the rally in Harrisburg, the president said the media should be given "a big, fat, failing grade" over their coverage of his achievements during his first 100 days and told the cheering crowd he was "thrilled to be more than 100 miles from Washington".
He quipped that at the same time "a large group of Hollywood actors and Washington media are consoling themselves" at the correspondents' dinner "that will be very boring".
On climate change, Mr Trump said "a big decision" would be taken within the next two weeks.
He earlier described climate change as a hoax, vowing to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement.
So, leaving the baby talk aside ("big, fat, failing grade... etc.), the whole spiel has something very 1930's about.
Rallies.
Only speaking to the faithful.
Condemning any opposition as fake.
Constantly repeating the message.
Denying the truth.
Blaming the media.
Promising great things to come in the vaguest of terms.
Kuddo's to him (or his communication advisors) for studying Goebbels and actually attempting to put what they've learned into practise.
But can it work in 2017?
Internet, lots of media, international media at the press of a button, twitter, facebook, video recordings (very easy to point out what a politician once said or grabbed, making deniability not so much an alternative reality, but more of a joke or a liability).
What do you all think?
Would Goebbels have approached propaganda in the same way with communication being so far advanced than it was in his time?
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