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
“Biggest Transnational Crime Group on Earth”: Why Canada Must Break Free From China
A group of top national security experts is sounding the alarm: Canada’s relationship with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has crossed from economic engagement into a full-blown democratic threat.
At a Dec. 6 forum in Toronto, former RCMP proceeds-of-crime director Garry Clement called the CCP “the biggest transnational organized crime group ever seen,” warning that Beijing is actively infiltrating Canada’s political, business, and cultural institutions. Through the United Front Work Department, the CCP co-opts elites, business leaders, community organizations, and media outlets—while intimidating and surveilling dissidents “on a daily basis.”
Clement also linked Beijing to the fentanyl crisis, saying the CCP could shut down precursor shipments to Canada “if they really wanted to,” but instead allows the flow as a form of “disruptive warfare,” echoing the tactics of the Opium Wars....
