Do you want them to NOT rescue the pweschus widdle kitty cats?

whenever a police brutality story breaks on r/aww there just so happens to be a highly upvoted gif of police/police dogs... hmm...

It is like what is going on with so many 'journalists' covering the Washington D.C.

They want what the Germans wanted from occupied Soviet areas - snitches, willing auxilaries, and assorted bootlickers.

The peace of the "well-run" cotton plantation.

Here's the ultimate in writing a feel-good story about a horrific event at the Gwinnett County Jail in suburban Atlanta, Georgia. Here's the ultimate "feel-good" spin on a horrifying story from the Gwinnett County Jail, a suburb of Atlanta. https://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/local/three-gwinnett-inmates-sheriff-s-deputy-lauded-after-saving-man/article_884cefe8-a9a4-11e9-a9ca-837a4972728e.html#utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

The media – local and national, print and TV – love puff pieces designed to make the police look good and generally improve their overall brand with the public. More often than not, these human interest stories are typically fed to local news by the police themselves. This type of pseudo-journalism is most transparent in its most overly saccharin iteration, something we like to call clickbait copaganda.

Stories involving noble patrolmen rescuing cats from car engines, helping little Jimmy find his stolen bike, raising money for charity, coaching Little League, white cops hugging black kids or handing out Christmas presents all do well on social media and help burnish the police’s image in the age of Black Lives Matter. 

On this week's episode, we examine the increasingly viral nature of pro-police agitprop, dissect how organic these stories actually are, and identify the five main types of clickbait copaganda.

Our guest is journalist Ashoka Jegroo.

Ep 60 - Kitten Rescues, Lip-Syncing & Christmas Traffic Stops: Your Guide to Clickbait Copaganda

Following today's mob violence at the U.S. capitol building, we break down how, once again, American media would rather ignore homegrown currents of white supremacist vigilantism and their buddy buddy relationship with law enforcement and focus instead on how an anomalous President Trump makes us like those horrible poor people of the Global South.

US Media Incapable of Criticizing MAGA Mobs Without Evoking Racist Cliches About "Third World"

Citations Needed is a podcast about the media, power, PR, and the history of bullshit. It is hosted by Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson, and produced by Florence Barrau-Adams.

Ep 60 - Kitten Rescues, Lip-Syncing & Christmas Traffic Stops: Your Guide to Clickbait Copaganda

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