propaganda

Up is down. Lies are truth?

by Karoli on January 21, 2011 · 8 comments

The last 2 weeks’ worth of discussion around discourse hasn’t paid much attention to the fact of The Big Lie. The Big Lie is what has defined Republican politics for decades, but never has it been as sharply deployed as it has in the past two years. Never. And never have I been more astounded [...]

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What follows are some ideas I had for setting the tone of the debate on financial reform. Just as with health reform, conservatives have already got their financial reform talking points from Frank Luntz, propagandist-in-chief. Following his format, I decided to put together a few talking points of our own, which coincidentally, happen to be [...]

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True story: Early in my career I worked for a life insurance company as a policyholder service representative. My specific area of expertise (and what led me into the pension business) was annuities and IRAs. The vast majority of my day was spent explaining to (justifiably) angry policyholders why their annuity was worth $225.00 or [...]

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