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One of the first rules of battle in today’s world of war is to turn a nation against it’s own armed forces. When you are able to convince the citizenry of another country that they can’t trust their military to defend them, you have made conquering a nation much easier and significantly less bloody. In today’s information and propaganda war, this is what our enemies are doing to Pakistan.
A quick glance at the headlines or breaking news on any media outlet will tell you that we, as a nation, are caught in a propaganda war to turn our citizens not only against the military, but everything Pakistani. This propaganda war breaks down into two clear channels – confirmed media reports and rumor-mongering. Let’s understand the difference between the two first.
Confirmed media reports are news stories that are backed up with verified information, comments from government/military sources and evidence that can be found on other channels. Rumor-mongering is where news stories start before they become confirmed media reports. A rumor is where tabloid journalism was founded and allows the media will create a story from an event to heighten panic, embarrass a public figure or push an agenda that can be carried for a specific period of time, even while other channels are reporting a completely different story. Rumor-mongering is also what happens in our nightly current affairs programs when politicians make statements that are really opinions presented as facts. Read more here There are traitors in our midst… | Pakistan Insider
