http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/09/17/why-isnt-barack-obama-way-ahead-in-the-polls/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:24:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/09/17/why-isnt-barack-obama-way-ahead-in-the-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-24542 Niklaus Pfirsig Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:52:11 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=3130#comment-24542 A basic working concept in propaganda broadcasting is that you can persuade the masses easily by repeating your message more often and louder than your opposition. Often, even with first person knowledge to the contrary, people will believe the most ridiculous lies after hearing those lies repeater over and over and over. And it works for some. The fact that it has worked better , is probably due to a big dose healthy skepticism born out of the current sorry state of world rconomics and politics. A basic working concept in propaganda broadcasting is that you can persuade the masses easily by repeating your message more often and louder than your opposition. Often, even with first person knowledge to the contrary, people will believe the most ridiculous lies after hearing those lies repeater over and over and over.
And it works for some. The fact that it has worked better , is probably due to a big dose healthy skepticism born out of the current sorry state of world rconomics and politics.

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