#mainstream media

Next time you’re watching any news show or political coverage see how many of these you can spot:

Quick rundown of each propaganda technique:

• Glittering Generalities: Using vague, emotionally appealing words (like “freedom” or “justice”) that sound good but lack specific meaning.

• Transfer: Associating a person, idea, or product with something already respected or disliked (like using a flag, religion, or celebrity image) to carry over those feelings.

• Name-Calling: Attaching negative labels to an opponent or idea to create fear or distrust without real evidence.

• Card-Stacking: Presenting only positive information for one side and leaving out or distorting the negatives.

• Testimonial: Having a famous or respected person endorse an idea, product, or cause.

• Plain Folks: Presenting the speaker as an “ordinary” person to seem relatable and trustworthy.

Trump at a rally -- Elon Musk rigged the election for me

CNN -- crickets

NY Times -- crickets

Washington Post -- crickets

Jason Arday was killed by a racist witch hunt, plain and simple.

It's true that Cambridge University failed in their duty of care to Arday by putting him a position of power that left him vulnerable to intense scrutiny that he clearly couldn't handle, but it's also true that the media circus around this has been completely overblown and honesty quite disgusting to watch.

The media took the petty grievances of a racist with a grudge and turned what should have been a minor controversy into a borderline harassment campaign against a man who most of us didn't even know existed until a week ago.

This was never a story about a professor lying, it was a story about a black man lying.

People of colour are not aloud to be flawed, that is a privilege that seems to be reserved for white people only despite it being something that is true for every person.

Nobody is perfect, but not everyone gets to be Imperfect.

Shame on Cambridge University.

Shame on the media.

Shame on everyone who contributed to this.