Manipulation of a Narrative

Truthful witness by a good person clears the air, but liars lay down a smoke screen of deceit. Proverbs 12:17

Walter Lippmann in his landmark book, Public Opinion, described how people formed pictures-in-their-minds in order to simplify the complex world matters that swirled around them daily.

Since January, 2021, the American public has seen a few images from January 6 that supported the Democratic narrative of insurrection at the Capitol. Now, Fox commentator Tucker Carlson has received more images from Kevin McCarthy that threatens the picture-in-the-mind of riotous insurrection.

The pictures of capitol police guiding peaceful protesters around the Capitol are stunning in their disparity to past images.

The Christian social philosopher Jacques Ellul said that “a group employs propaganda to bring about participation or support for its actions through psychological manipulations.”

Did Democrats use propaganda to gain support for their narrative of insurrection?

Ella said, “Modern propaganda seeks to obtain an action that leads directly to a goal, which for the individual is not a conscious and intentional objective to be attained but is considered such by the propagandist.”