I remember watching the brilliant documentary series “Cold War” by CNN/BBC and one episode had a segment on Radio Free Europe, the American radio station set up to counter the Soviet propaganda radio.
It was obviously also propaganda even if it tried to be more open than the Soviet radio.
Anyway, the guy managing the station spoke about how to gain listeners and build trust.
He put it bluntly, saying that you need “Good, solid news” especially information that people can verify on their own, and mentioned simple stuff like accurate weather reports.
Now this obviously require people to be looking for accurate news, something that seems to be less and less important to more and more people.
In a better world, the proper way to counter propaganda is by consistently providing a more accurate and reliable source of information.
I remember watching the brilliant documentary series “Cold War” by CNN/BBC and one episode had a segment on Radio Free Europe, the American radio station set up to counter the Soviet propaganda radio.
It was obviously also propaganda even if it tried to be more open than the Soviet radio.
Anyway, the guy managing the station spoke about how to gain listeners and build trust.
He put it bluntly, saying that you need “Good, solid news” especially information that people can verify on their own, and mentioned simple stuff like accurate weather reports.
Now this obviously require people to be looking for accurate news, something that seems to be less and less important to more and more people.
In a better world, the proper way to counter propaganda is by consistently providing a more accurate and reliable source of information.