MUCKRAKING TOOLS 101
"More Rhetorical Devices (or ways to spot propaganda)
Reposted from the fall of 2021 - so a few references might feel old"
...Continuing along the theme of the previous post, I am sharing something here that I put together two years ago. The original version was part of a larger project: Document 74 of my 2021 COMPILATION OF LETTERS, ARTICLES & RESEARCH DOCUMENTS found here. In the next post, I will share an excerpt from Klaus Schwab’s Great Reset, illustrating the uses of some of these devices/techniques in that piece of writing
https://followingthecovidscience.substack.com/p/muckraking-tools-101-more-rhetorical
Ottawa Funded the China Ferry Deal—Then Pretended to Oppose It
While Beijing-backed hackers infiltrated Canadian telecoms, federal and B.C. leaders quietly financed a billion-dollar shipbuilding deal with a Chinese state firm—then tried to pass the buck.
https://theoppositionnewsnetwork.substack.com/p/ottawa-funded-the-china-ferry-dealthen
Some of these things I still miss
I grew up without safe spaces.
I grew up without trigger warnings.
I drank water from the hose.
I ate peanuts in class.
None of us wore a helmet.
Kids got hurt. We fell down. And we signed a lot of casts.
We couldn’t pause TV. We’d call out “It’s on!” as soon as the commercials started to end (for those who had left the room). And we watched our favourite shows as a family.
There was no next day delivery.
There was no bundle this with that.
There was no internet. Skip the Dishes didn’t exist.
Fast food was not the norm. It was easier to eat healthy. There were home phones. There was VH.........
