Manipulation & The Media

They have a bridge they want to sell you.

To communicate a particular idea or cause, a sender or source needs a message, a channel, and an audience. Every idea, concept, cause, or agenda needs all four to be successful. The unpleasant truth is that each of the above also uses an element of manipulation—even the ‘good’ messages do. The unvarnished truth is that as much as we try to deal solely i…