Francesca Bolla Tripodi, “The Propagandists’ Playbook”
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing
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The Color of the Sky Is Not Always Blue
The notion of a stolen election is by no means a new idea. It's meant stop the steal as a new key word to signify that existing deep story. This deep story resurfaced again in the 1980s when the National Ballot Security Task Force was formed and would patrol off duty in traditionally Black and Hispanic neighborhoods. And so even though these aren't true, people know very well, stop the steal becomes a really quick stand-in.
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