And now, even though I reiterate that this is not a political blog, I must talk more about the media. I already talked about publicity stunts and manufactured outrage. But now let’s talk about manufactured crises.
As an example, let’s have a look at an article about diabetes published on the BBC’s website today. It’s like a page out of the Evil Overlord 101 syllabus.
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1. Present a crisis. “[Insert Crisis Subject Here] is costing us millions of dollars/pounds/euros!” Frame everything as a crisis! Sure to grab the reader’s attention and induce the kind of anxiety that defuses critical thinking, as well as convince the reader that OMG WE MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS NOW.
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