I’m trying compile (for instructional use) a set of very vivid/egregious/horrifying examples of consent manufacturing in the Western media. Stuff like this:

Got any good examples like this? Post 'em!

  • x87_floatingpoint [he/him, it/its]@hexbear.net
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    11 hours ago

    I think that it’s from a bot that tracks title changes to New York Times article titles (or perhaps it’s the content, not the title? my memory is bad). So original was:

    The police entered the compound and fired rubber-tipped bullets. Anger was already building in response to the looming expulsion of several Palestinian families from their homes in the city.

    And then they edited it to:

    Gaza militants fired rockets toward Jerusalem and the Israeli police fought with Palestinian protesters in an escalation of violence after a week of increasing changes.

    You can see how much that changes what is actually being said.